When someone has accumulated too much demerit points, that person can have his driver\u2019s licence revoked by the SAAQ. This suspension is often for a period of 3 months. However, depending on the situation, that period can be of 6 or 12 months.<\/p>\n
When your licence is revoked, the SAAQ offers the possibility to apply for a restricted licence<\/strong> to allow the driver\u2019s licence owner to exercise the main employment which ensures his subsistence, except in certain cases. A restricted licence is obtained by addressing a demand to the Court of Qu\u00e9bec. A proof of employment must be submitted to the Court in due course to persuade the judge that the driver\u2019s licence owner needs to drive to exercise his main employment.<\/p>\n CAUTION! Don\u2019t wait.<\/strong> Starting the reception of the letter from the SAAQ notifying you the date of the suspension, there is a 10-day obligatory delay between the deposit of the demand and the court hearing. Thus, if you have received on June 1st<\/sup> the letter informing you that your driver\u2019s licence will be suspended starting June 15th<\/sup>, deposing your demand on June 2nd<\/sup> would prevent your licence from being suspended because you would be heard by the Court before June 15th<\/sup>, if your demand is granted. On the contrary, if you wait until June 15th<\/sup>, your licence will automatically be suspended until court hearing.<\/p>\n Finally, it is important to make a distinction with the situations where a driving prohibition is ordered by a judge as part of a criminal case. In that situation, it is not possible to obtain a restricted licence as previously exposed.<\/p>\n PLEASE NOTE<\/strong>\u00a0that you only have one single chance<\/strong> to be heard and to obtain your vehicle or your restricted licence. It is important to be well prepared and, for this purpose, don\u2019t hesitate to contact our firm and mandate us to represent you adequately.<\/p>\n Text originally written in French by Me Julie Paradis \/ Translated by Virginie Dalp\u00e9, articling student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When someone has accumulated too much demerit points, that person can have his driver\u2019s licence revoked by the SAAQ. This suspension is often for a period of 3 months. However, depending on the situation, that period can be of 6 or 12 months. When your licence is revoked, the SAAQ offers the possibility to apply […]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,348],"tags":[471],"class_list":["post-2097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civil-law","category-criminal-law","tag-drolet-pigeon-avocats-inc-en-2"],"yoast_head":"\n