Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Under the Provincial Offences Act I did find this section :

Amendment of information or certificate
34. (1) The court may, at any stage of the proceeding, amend the information or certificate as may be necessary if it appears that the information or certificate,
(a) fails to state or states defectively anything that is requisite to charge the ...

Thanks for the response Stanton.

I heard from a relative that the justice of the peace has the option of changing the charge if they see fit...some change to the rules b/c the cops have regularly made mistakes in handing out charges in traffic cases...

Has anyone heard of this happening before?

I'm hoping that this case isn't worth the effort ...

Hello All,

I was waiting at an intersection, during a green light, to make a left hand turn.

The light turned amber and I waited to for the usual people who run through the light late, scanned the traffic and saw the other cars were stopping.

As I proceeded through behind the late car and van coming through very late (I feel she charged the ...