Flood-affected Municipal Bylaw Offence court dates rescheduled to July 17, 2013

The City of Calgary’s Law Department is reminding citizens who were unable to make recent appearances at the Calgary Courts Centre due to flooding that they need to appear in court on or before July 17, 2013.

This message is applicable to citizens with violation tickets for a Municipal Bylaw Offence whose matter was scheduled for an appearance on any of the following dates:

Friday, June 21, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013

If the defendant, lawyer or agent was unable to attend on any of these dates, the appearance was automatically rescheduled to Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in either Courtroom 908 or Courtroom 1405.

"I encourage those affected to come down to the Calgary Courts Centre and speak to their matters before July 17 if possible,” says Amanda Hart, manager of the Prosecutions division with The City of Calgary’s Law Department. “We’re expecting very high volumes on that day.”

Failure of the defendant, lawyer or agent to appear at the Calgary Courts Centre on or before Wednesday, July 17, 2013 may result in a summons, warrant for arrest, or conviction in absence.

Municipal Bylaw Offences include parking infractions, transit offences, pet and animal offences, and business license offences.

Visit the Solicitor General’s website for more information on rescheduled court dates due to recent flooding in Calgary.

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