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Halton Provincial Offences Act Courthouse is closed to the public from March 16 through April 3

Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 01:00 PM

Halton Provincial Offences Act Courthouse is closed to the public from March 16 through April 3, this closure includes access for stakeholders, defendants, public and enforcement agencies. Essential services will continue to be carried out and an Intake Court Protocol has been put in place.

All Provincial Offences Act matters scheduled from Monday, March 16, 2020 through to and including Friday, April 3, 2020 will be adjourned and rescheduled to a later date. If you have a matter scheduled during this time, you do not need to attend court. Learn more...

To learn about the latest updates on actions taken by the City of Burlington visit www.burlington.ca/coronavirus

Notice to Public Regarding Provincial Offences Act Matter

Posted on Monday, March 16, 2020 03:30 PM

March 15, 2020

All Provincial Offences Act matters scheduled from Monday, March 16, 2020 through to and including Friday, April 3, 2020 will be adjourned and rescheduled to a later date. If you have a matter scheduled during this time, you do not need to attend court.

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.

Contact information for all municipal courts is available here: https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/courts/Court_Addresses/poa/

In addition, please be advised that the Chief Justice has made an order pursuant to s. 85 extending certain timelines for the Ontario Court of Justice under the Provincial Offences Act until April 23, 2020.

The following timelines have been extended:

Sections 5(6), 5.1(b), 5.1(12), 9(1)(a), 11(1), 11(4), 17.1(6.1), 18(1), 18.1(5), 18.2(1), 18.3(1), 19, 66(1), 69(1), 116(2)(a), 116(3) and 135(2) of the Provincial...

PHONE SCAM ALERT! Halton POA Court’s phone number is being been used in a phone scam.

Posted on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 12:45 PM

If you get a recorded message from 905-637-1274 please ignore the message. Halton POA Court is not working with Revenue Canada to collect unpaid fines and does not issue warrants for arrest for unpaid fines.

TÉLÉPHONE ALERTE! Le numéro de téléphone du bureau des infractions provinciales de Halton est utilisé dans une escroquerie téléphonique.

Posted on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 12:45 PM

Si vous recevez un message enregistré de 905-637-1274, veuillez l'ignorer. Le bureau des infractions provinciales de Halton ne collabore pas avec Revenu Canada pour recouvrer les amendes impayées et n’émet pas de mandats d’arrêt pour amendes impayées.

NEW! Online Disclosure Request Process

Posted on Monday, March 26, 2018 11:30 AM

For OPP, Halton Regional Police and CN or CP Police cases only:

As of Friday, Jun. 1, 2018 all requests for disclosure must be made online.

What you need to know:

  1. This will be the only way to submit a request for disclosure from Halton Court Services.
  2. Mandatory fields must be completed for the form to be uploaded.
  3. Disclosure will be sent via email. Please provide the email address where you would like the disclosure to be sent.
  4. There are instructions on the form to help you upload it to the Prosecution Unit.

Why is Prosecution switching?

Prosecution is switching to one method to eliminate requests with missing information. Requests can be completed more quickly and more efficiently when we have all of the information required to process your request.

This means you get your requests back faster!

Thank you for your cooperation.

For more information about the new process call us at (905) 637-7790 or email us at prosecutionenquiries@burlington.ca