C-25.1 - Code of Penal Procedure

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218.2. This division applies to the trial by default of proceedings relating to offences under the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2) or a traffic or parking by-law adopted by a municipality if, pursuant to the second paragraph of article 163, the defendant is deemed not to contest the proceedings.
2005, c. 27, s. 12; 2015, c. 26, s. 15.
218.2. This division applies to proceedings by default relating to offences under the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2) or a traffic or parking by-law adopted by a municipality, where
(1)  the offence was witnessed personally by a peace officer or a person entrusted with the enforcement of an Act and, if some of the facts constituting the offence were witnessed by the peace officer who issued the statement of offence and some were witnessed by another peace officer, that fact was noted on the statement by the peace officer who issued it;
(2)  the statement of offence was served personally on the defendant at the time of the commission of the offence, except as provided in articles 158 and 158.1;
(3)  the defendant was 18 years of age or over at the time the offence was committed; and
(4)  pursuant to the second paragraph of article 163, the defendant is deemed not to contest the proceedings.
2005, c. 27, s. 12.