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M-17 - Motor Vehicle Act

Section 143.1
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Radar warning devices
143.1(1)In this section
“radar warning device” means a device or equipment designed or intended for use in a motor vehicle to warn the driver of the presence of radar or other electronic speed measuring equipment in the vicinity and includes a device or equipment designed or intended for use in a motor vehicle to interfere with the transmission of radar or other electronic speed measuring equipment.
143.1(2)No person shall have care or control of a motor vehicle that is equipped with, that carries or that contains a radar warning device.
143.1(3)A peace officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person, in violation of subsection (2), has care or control of a motor vehicle that is equipped with, carries or contains a radar warning device may at any time, without a warrant, stop, enter and search the motor vehicle and seize and take away any radar warning device found in or upon the motor vehicle.
143.1(4)If a person is convicted of an offence under this section that was committed by means of a radar warning device seized under subsection (3), the device shall be forfeited to the Crown in right of the Province and may be disposed of in conformity with the directions of the Minister.
143.1(5)Subsection (2) does not apply to a peace officer who is transporting a radar warning device that has been seized under subsection (3) to a place of storage or disposal.
1994, c.31, s.13; 2023, c.17, s.162
Radar warning devices
143.1(1)In this section
“radar warning device” means a device or equipment designed or intended for use in a motor vehicle to warn the driver of the presence of radar or other electronic speed measuring equipment in the vicinity and includes a device or equipment designed or intended for use in a motor vehicle to interfere with the transmission of radar or other electronic speed measuring equipment.
143.1(2)No person shall have care or control of a motor vehicle that is equipped with, that carries or that contains a radar warning device.
143.1(3)A peace officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person, in violation of subsection (2), has care or control of a motor vehicle that is equipped with, carries or contains a radar warning device may at any time, without a warrant, stop, enter and search the motor vehicle and seize and take away any radar warning device found in or upon the motor vehicle.
143.1(4)If a person is convicted of an offence under this section that was committed by means of a radar warning device seized under subsection (3), the device shall be forfeited to Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province and may be disposed of in conformity with the directions of the Minister.
143.1(5)Subsection (2) does not apply to a peace officer who is transporting a radar warning device that has been seized under subsection (3) to a place of storage or disposal.
1994, c.31, s.13
Rules respecting speed
143.1(1)In this section
“radar warning device” means a device or equipment designed or intended for use in a motor vehicle to warn the driver of the presence of radar or other electronic speed measuring equipment in the vicinity and includes a device or equipment designed or intended for use in a motor vehicle to interfere with the transmission of radar or other electronic speed measuring equipment.
143.1(2)No person shall have care or control of a motor vehicle that is equipped with, that carries or that contains a radar warning device.
143.1(3)A peace officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person, in violation of subsection (2), has care or control of a motor vehicle that is equipped with, carries or contains a radar warning device may at any time, without a warrant, stop, enter and search the motor vehicle and seize and take away any radar warning device found in or upon the motor vehicle.
143.1(4)If a person is convicted of an offence under this section that was committed by means of a radar warning device seized under subsection (3), the device shall be forfeited to Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province and may be disposed of in conformity with the directions of the Minister.
143.1(5)Subsection (2) does not apply to a peace officer who is transporting a radar warning device that has been seized under subsection (3) to a place of storage or disposal.
1994, c.31, s.13