POA Public Notice - COVID-19

NOTICE TO PUBLIC

REGARDING PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT MATTERS

 Revised October 14, 2020

All in-person Provincial Offences Act matters (e.g., traffic tickets and offences under provincial legislation) scheduled until January 22, 2021 will be rescheduled. Do not attend court.

All in-person Provincial Offences Act (POA) matters scheduled from Monday, March 16, 2020 through to and including Friday, January 22, 2021 will be adjourned and rescheduled to a later date. If you have a matter scheduled in-person during this time, do not attend court. This applies to all POA courts in Ontario. All court locations will continue to hear matters remotely.

A notice of your new court date will be sent to you by mail to the address on file with the court. For more information, please contact your local Provincial Offences court.

In an effort to keep people safe during the Covid-19 Pandemic, in-person POA court proceedings are not occurring at this time.

Audio guilty pleas have been approved for scheduling for those matters where an agreement with the prosecutor has been reached.

If you are interested in trying to reach a resolution with the prosecutor for this/these charge(s), please call or email the Prosecutor at your earliest convenience.

• 613-342-3848 Ext. 5316 (leave a message and he will call you back) or email.  
• If a resolution is agreed to, an Audio Hearing will be booked for this matter at the request of the Prosecutor.  The Prosecutor will provide the Trial Coordinator relevant contact information so that audio proceeding telephone number and Conference ID number can be forwarded to the defendant (and/or representative).  E.g. email address, telephone number.
• If a resolution has not been reached and/or you do not wish to discuss a resolution – disregard this notice.  Your matter will be scheduled at a later date and time.  Please keep us informed of any change in address and/or contact information by calling :  613-342-2357.