71.1. A peace officer or an employee authorized for that purpose by a municipal or supramunicipal authority entrusted with the administration of this Act who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person is contravening paragraph 2 of section 117 shall immediately suspend, on behalf of the Société, for a period of seven days,(1) the licence referred to in section 61 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C‑24.2) that the person holds; or (2) if the person does not hold such a licence, the person’s right to obtain one.
The suspension period is increased to 30 days for a second offence and 90 days for a subsequent offence in the case of a person who was convicted of an offence under paragraph 2 of section 117 during the 10 years before the suspension.
2016, c. 222016, c. 22, s. 261.