524. The peace officer or the Société, as the case may be, may give a notice indicating the time within which the owner or driver of a road vehicle described in paragraph 10 or 10.1 of section 521 is required to submit his vehicle to a mechanical inspection.
No person may, after the expiry of the time allotted, operate the vehicle unless it is proved, to the satisfaction of the Société or a person authorized to perform the inspection of vehicles for the Société, that the vehicle was submitted to a mechanical inspection and that it conforms to this Code.
If the owner or driver fails to comply within the time indicated, the notice constitutes an infraction ticket under section 523.
1986, c. 91, s. 524; 1987, c. 94, s. 73; 1990, c. 19, s. 11.