i.
What the charge means
Driving a motor vehicle while a licence is suspended under any provincial or federal authority. Knowledge of the suspension is presumed but rebuttable.
Highway Traffic Act s.53
Drive Suspended charges in Kitchener, Ontario.
Driving while your licence is suspended — significant minimum fines, vehicle impoundment, and possible imprisonment. Knowledge of the suspension is the key issue.
- Courthouse
- Waterloo Region Provincial Offences Court
- Court Phone
- (519) 745-9446
- Consultation
- Free & Confidential
ii.
Penalties
Minimum fine $1,000 (first offence); up to $5,000; 6 months imprisonment; additional suspension; vehicle impoundment.
iii.
Available defences
- Knowledge of suspension (notice issues)
- Identification
- Charter — unlawful stop
- Defective notice from MTO
iv.
The process
Disclosure, MTO record review, and resolution. Often resolved by demonstrating lack of effective notice of suspension.
v.
Notes for Kitchener
Waterloo Region criminal matters are heard at the Kitchener courthouse on Frederick Street. Provincial offences from across the region — Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and the townships — are heard at the Waterloo Region POA court on Queen Street North.
Traffic / POA Court
Waterloo Region Provincial Offences Court
77 Queen Street North, Kitchener, ON N2H 2H1
(519) 745-9446
All Waterloo Region provincial offences — Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and the townships.
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