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P-15 - Summary Convictions Act
Section 16
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16. (1) Every summons issued by a justice of the peace under this act shall be directed to the accused, and shall require him to appear at a time and place to be therein mentioned.
(2) Such summons may be as in form 4.
(3) No summons shall be signed in blank.
(4) Service of a summons upon a physical person shall be made by mailing a copy to the person for whom it is intended, at the last known address of his residence or place of business, by registered or certified mail with an acknowledgement of receipt or notice of delivery.
(5) Service is deemed to have been made on the date on which the acknowledgement of receipt or notice of delivery was signed by the person for whom it is intended or any reasonable person living at his residence or in charge of his place of business.
(6) Except in the case of a parking offence, a copy of any summons issued to a person under 18 years of age is served on his parents. Subsections 4 and 5 apply to the service.
16. (1) Every summons issued by a justice of the peace under this act shall be directed to the accused, and shall require him to appear at a time and place to be therein mentioned.
(2) Such summons may be as in form 4.
(3) No summons shall be signed in blank.
(4) Service of a summons upon a physical person shall be made by mailing a copy to the person for whom it is intended, at the last known address of his residence or place of business, by registered or certified mail with an acknowledgement of receipt or notice of delivery.
(5) Service is deemed to have been made on the date on which the acknowledgement of receipt or notice of delivery was signed by the person for whom it is intended or any reasonable person living at his residence or in charge of his place of business.
