C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 434.6 Disposition versions

2012-06-30

434.6. The owner of the road vehicle seized may, on the authorization of a judge of the Court of Québec acting in chambers in civil matters, recover his vehicle

(1)  if he was not one of the offenders and could not reasonably have foreseen that a person would contravene section 433 or 434;

(2)  if he was one of the offenders, other than the driver, and establishes that he did not contravene section 433 or 434; or

(3)  if he was the driver of the vehicle and did not tolerate the contravention of section 433 or 434.

If the person obtains the release of the seizure under the first paragraph, the Société lifts the suspension of the licence or of the right to obtain a licence imposed under section 434.2.

The second paragraph of section 209.11 and sections 209.11.1, 209.12, 209.13 and 209.15 apply, with the necessary modifications.

2010, c. 34, s. 62.