578. Where a peace officer ascertains an offence under sections 30, 31, the second paragraph of section 32, sections 34, 210.1, 212, 213, 215 to 223, 230 to 237, 242, 243 to 247, 254, 258, 261 to 265, 268 to 270, 272, 273 or section 274, he may serve a statement of offence on the driver with a warning enjoining the defendant to make or cause to be made, within 48 hours, the necessary repairs or corrections.
The statement of offence becomes null if the required proof is furnished to a peace officer or, as the case may be, the Société within the time prescribed.
Where a warning is attached to the statement of offence, the time prescribed in article 160 of the Code of Penal Procedure (chapter C-25.1) begins to run only from the expiry of the time indicated in the warning.
1986, c. 91, s. 578; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 218; 1992, c. 61, s. 149.