581. If, on the day fixed for appearance, no payment has been received, the judge or the justice of the peace specially authorized by the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16) may, if the offender pleads guilty, condemn him for the offence described in the infraction ticket or the summons.
If, on the day fixed for appearance, no payment has been received and if the offender fails to appear, the judge or the justice of the peace may proceed by default and may condemn him after ascertaining that the summons was duly served and the infraction ticket was duly completed and signed, in which case the infraction ticket is proof of its content.