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C-24.1 - Highway Safety Code
Section 500
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500. (Repealed).
500. The owner of a road vehicle entered on the registration certificate may be convicted for every offence against this Code or any municipal traffic or parking by-law committed with the vehicle, unless he proves that, at the time of the offence, the vehicle was in the possession of a third person without his consent.
In the case of an infraction against any of sections 32, 33, 65, 66, 67, 84, 85, 87 to 90, 100, 132, 145, 146, 275 to 280, 282 to 301, 303 to 306, 313, 314, 318, 325 to 363, 373 to 375, 378 to 382, 384, 385, 387 to 401, 404, 407, 409, 419, 428, 436, 439, the fifth paragraph of section 440, section 441, the second and third paragraphs of section 442, sections 453, 456 and 459 to 464, or against any municipal by-law to the same effect, the owner cannot be convicted unless it is shown that he was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the infraction or was in the vehicle then driven by his agent. In the latter case, the court may convict either or both of them.
500. The owner of a road vehicle entered on the registration certificate may be convicted for every offence against this Code or any municipal traffic or parking by-law committed with the vehicle, unless he proves that, at the time of the offence, the vehicle was in the possession of a third person without his consent.
In the case of an infraction under a provision of any municipal by-law to the same effect, the owner cannot be convicted unless it is shown that he was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the infraction or was in the vehicle then driven by his agent. In the latter case, the court may convict either or both of them.
500. The owner of a road vehicle entered on the registration certificate is responsible for every offence against this Code or any municipal traffic or parking by-law committed with the vehicle, unless he proves that, at the time of the offence, the vehicle was in the possession of a third person without his consent.
In the case of an infraction against any of sections 32, 33, 65, 66, 67, 84, 85, 87 to 90, 100, 132, 145, 146, 275 to 280, 282 to 301, 303 to 306, 313, 314, 318, 325 to 363, 373 to 375, 378 to 382, 384, 385, 387 to 401, 404, 407, 409, 419, 428, 436, 439, the fifth paragraph of section 440, section 441, the second and third paragraphs of section 442, sections 453, 456 and 459 to to 464, or against any municipal by-law to the same effect, the owner is responsible only if it is shown that he was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the infraction or was in the vehicle then driven by his agent. In the latter case, the court may condemn either or both of them.
