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An Edmonton judge has struck down a section of the Criminal Code that orders mandatory lifetime registration on a national sex-offenders list for anyone convicted of more than one sexual offence.

In a decision filed Monday with the Court of Queen’s Bench, Justice Andrea Moen found the law casts “too wide” a net, also ruling that the removal in 2011 of a judge’s discretion about whether or not to place a convicted person on the registry is unconstitutional.

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The registry, formed with the enactment of the Canada Sex Offender Registry Act 2004, is maintained by the RCMP and is accessible to Canadian police. The public cannot access it.

Eugen Ndhlovu of Edmonton challenged the lifetime registration requirement.

According to an earlier judgment in the case, Ndhlovu pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault on June 26, 2015, and was sentenced to six months in jail followed by three years of probation.