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FORM 10(Section 493)Promise To Appear

Canada, Province of blank line, (territorial division).

I, A.B., of blank line, (occupation), understand that it is alleged that I have committed (set out substance of offence).

In order that I may be released from custody,

  • 1 I promise to attend court on blank line day, the blank line day of blank line A.D. blank line, at blank line o’clock in the blank line noon, in courtroom No. blank line, at blank line court, in the municipality of blank line, and to attend thereafter as required by the court, in order to be dealt with according to law.

  • 2 I also promise to appear on blank line day, the blank line day of blank line A.D. blank line, at blank line o’clock in the blank line noon, at blank line (police station), (address), for the purposes of the Identification of Criminals Act. (Ignore if not filled in.)

I understand that failure without lawful excuse to attend court in accordance with this promise to appear is an offence under subsection 145(5) of the Criminal Code.

Subsections 145(5) and (6) of the Criminal Code state as follows:

  • “(5) Every person who is named in an appearance notice or promise to appear, or in a recognizance entered into before an officer in charge or another peace officer, that has been confirmed by a justice under section 508 and who fails, without lawful excuse, to appear at the time and place stated in it for the purposes of the Identification of Criminals Act, or to attend court in accordance with it, is guilty of

    • (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or

    • (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.

  • (6) For the purposes of subsection (5), it is not a lawful excuse that an appearance notice, promise to appear or recognizance states defectively the substance of the alleged offence.”

Section 502 of the Criminal Code states as follows:

  • “502 Where an accused who is required by an appearance notice or promise to appear or by a recognizance entered into before an officer in charge or another peace officer to appear at a time and place stated therein for the purposes of the Identification of Criminals Act does not appear at that time and place, a justice may, where the appearance notice, promise to appear or recognizance has been confirmed by a justice under section 508, issue a warrant for the arrest of the accused for the offence with which the accused is charged.”

Dated this blank line day of blank line A.D. blank line, at blank line .

(Signature of accused)

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-46, Form 10
  • 1994, c. 44, s. 84
  • 1997, c. 18, s. 115
  • 2018, c. 29, s. 70

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