Ontario Courts of Justice Provincial Offences

In the Ontario Court of Justice Provincial Offences matters, deals with charges under the Provincial Offences Act, which is a provincial statute that sets procedures for the prosecution of offences under municipal bylaws and other provincial statutes and regulations, which includes the following:

Highway Traffic Act,
Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act,
Liquor Licence Act,
Trespass to Property Act,
Environmental Protection Act, and
Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Municipalities administer courts where most provincial offence cases are heard, unlike criminal offences, upon conviction of a provincial offence a person avoids establishing a criminal record.

Many offences in POA court are

Highway Traffic Act matters including:
Speeding (s. 128(1)),
Racing, contests, and stunt driving (s.172(1)),
Following too closely (s.136(1)), and
Careless driving (s. 130),
Driving license suspensions, and
Parking infractions.

Violations of municipal by-laws such as

trespassing,
noise complaints,
animal control and
waste disposal

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