When persons are arrested for a criminal offence, they may be released from custody by the officer under an order to follow certain conditions. These terms may include not communicating with a certain other person or not carrying firearms. A criminal lawyer may quickly ask the Court to cancel or modify these conditions related to the promise to appear. This is a procedure provided in Section 503 (2.2) of the Criminal Code.
It usually also makes it possible to modify the court date.
A client of criminal lawyer Xavier Cormier was charged with assault. The police forbade him from owning firearms. Now, he had to have arms in his possession for work reasons. Mr. Cormier therefore made an urgent request to the Court so that this condition would be modified, which it was.
Not all Mr. Xavier Cormier’s clients can benefit from a change of conditions. See notice.
