Acts and Regulations

P-22.1 - Provincial Offences Procedure Act

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Order for immediate payment of fine
84(1)Where the judge is of the opinion that a defendant may, by leaving the Province or otherwise, attempt to evade payment of the fine, the judge may order immediate payment of the fine.
84(2)Where the defendant does not pay the fine immediately as ordered by the judge, the judge may issue a warrant of committal in prescribed form for the imprisonment of the defendant.
84(3)The defendant shall be detained under the warrant of committal issued under subsection (2) until
(a) the fine is paid,
(b) the defendant has entered into a recognizance in prescribed form, with or without sureties, in such amount and with such conditions as are appropriate, in the opinion of the judge, to ensure payment of the fine, or
(c) the defendant has been detained in custody for such time as would, taking into account any payment which may have been made in respect of the offence, discharge payment of the fine under subsection 91(3) and section 92.
1990, c.18, s.45