WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO BE GIVEN

196. [1] The Attorney General of the province in which an application under subsection 185[1] was made or the Solicitor General of Canada if the application was made by or on behalf of the Solicitor General of Canada shall, within ninety days after the period for which the authorization was given or renewed or within such other period as is fixed pursuant to subsection 185[3] or subsection [3] of this section, notify in writing the person who was the object of the interception pursuant to the authorization and shall, in a manner prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council, certify to the court that gave the authorization that the person has been so notified.

[2] The running of the ninety days referred to in subsection [1], or of any other period fixed pursuant to subsection 185[3] or subsection [3] of this section, is suspended until any application made by the Attorney General or the Solicitor General to a judge of a superior court of criminal jurisdiction or a judge as defined in section 552 for an extension or a subsequent extension of the period for which the authorization was given or renewed has been heard and disposed of.

[3] Where the judge to whom an application referred to in subsection [2] is made, on the basis of an affidavit submitted in support of the application, is satisfied that

[a] the investigation of the offence to which the authorization relates, or

[b] a subsequent investigation of an offence listed in section 183 commenced as a result of information obtained from the investigation referred to in paragraph [a],

[4] An application pursuant to subsection [2] shall be accompanied by an affidavit deposing to

[a] the facts known or believed by the deponent and relied on to justify the belief that an extension should be granted; and

[b] the number of instances, if any, on which an application has, to the knowledge or belief of the deponent, been made under that subsection in relation to the particular authorization and on which the application was withdrawn or the application was not granted, the date on which each application was made and the judge to whom each application was made. [1976-77, c.50, s.2; 1976-77, c.53, s.12; R.S.C. 1985, c.27 [1st Supp.], s.28; 1993, c.40, s.14.]