592. The owner of a road vehicle whose name appears in the register of the Société kept pursuant to section 10 may be convicted of 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 offence against any of sections 35, 36, 65, 74, 89, 96 to 102, 105, 168, 171, 299, 303.2, 310, 311, 320 to 324, the second paragraph of section 325, any of sections 326 to 331, 333, 335 to 337, 339 to 377, the first paragraph of section 378, any of sections 379, 395, 396, 401, 402 to 413, 415 to 417.1, 418, 421 to 429, 431 to 443.2, 455 to 460, 464, the second paragraph of section 468, section 470, the second paragraph of section 472, the second paragraph of section 476 or any of sections 477 to 484, 496.4 and 496.7 or against any municipal by-law to the same effect, the owner cannot be convicted unless it is established that he was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the offence or was in the vehicle then driven by his agent. In the latter case, the court may condemn either or both of them.
The second paragraph does not apply in the case of an offence evidenced by a photograph or series of photographs taken by a photo radar device or a red light camera system.
1986, c. 91, s. 592; 1990, c. 4, s. 216; 1990, c. 83, s. 220; 2009, c. 48, s. 19; 2012, c. 15, s. 19; 2018, c. 72018, c. 7, s. 15811; 2022, c. 132022, c. 13, s. 711.