This requires the court to satisfy itself that the Crown has met the prerequisites of proving that the individual, by his conduct, has shown a failure to control his sexual impulses and, further, that there is a likelihood that he will cause injury, pain or other evil to others in the future as a result of his failure to control his sexual impulses.
Pour ce faire, il doit s'assurer que la Couronne a satisfait aux conditions préalables en prouvant que la conduite antérieure du délinquant démontre son incapacité à contrôler ses impulsions sexuelles et laisse prévoir que vraisemblablement il causera à l'avenir de ce fait des sévices ou autres maux à d'autres personnes.