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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
I think you're missing something. As I understand it, the law says that the car can be auctioned off once the person has been convicted. So it's punishment after conviction. And if they're holding the car before the berson goes to court, that isn't much different than holding evidnece in any other case, which i'm sure doesn't need this law to allow it to happen.
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You still don't have use of your vehicle until you are found not guilty. Given the inherent systemic delays in court proceedings, it can take months for a case to get to trial even if you attempt to fast-track it. To be without your vehicle, perhaps your primary means of transportation to your job, for even a few months only to be found not guilty at trial? That sucks big time.
Note in the Herald article that most of the cars seized in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, some 400+ vehicles in each province, were eventually returned to the owners.