Contraventions Act (S.C. 1992, c. 47)

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2012-03-13. Previous Versions

EVIDENCE

The following provision is not in force.
Marginal note:Ticket as evidence

38. A ticket that is filed in the office of the contraventions court or the youth court, including any notes that purport to have been made by, and any portions that purport to have been completed by, an enforcement authority in respect of matters of which the authority has personal knowledge, is evidence of the facts alleged in the ticket without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have completed the ticket.

39. [Repealed, 1996, c. 7, s. 23]

The following provision is not in force.
Marginal note:Evidence of vehicle’s ownership

40. A statement purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the registrar of motor vehicles of a province and certifying that a person was the owner of a vehicle at the time specified in the statement is evidence that the person owned the vehicle at that time, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the statement.

The following provision is not in force.
Marginal note:Notice

  • 41. (1) Except as otherwise provided, a notice or document required or authorized to be given or delivered under this Act may be given or delivered personally or by ordinary mail.

  • Marginal note:Evidence of notice

    (2) Evidence that a notice or document required or authorized to be given or delivered to a person under this Act was sent by ordinary mail to the person at his or her address appearing on a ticket, certificate of service or other document in the court file is evidence that the notice or document was given or delivered to the person.

SENTENCE

Marginal note:Fines

  • 42. (1) A person who is convicted in a proceeding commenced by means of a ticket is liable to a fine in an amount not exceeding the amount established under section 8 or to any sentence prescribed by law other than a fine.

  • Marginal note:No imprisonment

    (2) A person who is convicted in a proceeding commenced by means of a ticket is not liable to imprisonment and, accordingly, subsection 806(2) of the Criminal Code does not apply.

  • Marginal note:Minimum punishment

    (3) Where a defendant in a proceeding commenced by means of a ticket requests a trial but does not appear for it or a resumption of it and is convicted, a contraventions or youth court or a justice of the peace shall impose the fine in the amount established under section 8.

  • Marginal note:Punishment on default

    (4) Where a defendant in a proceeding commenced by means of a ticket does not respond to the ticket, a contraventions or youth court or a justice of the peace shall impose the fine in the amount established under section 8.

  • 1992, c. 47, s. 42;
  • 1996, c. 7, s. 24.