R. v. DaSilva

Where a speed limit sign is erected it will be presumed in court that there is in place a valid subsisting bylaw designating the speed limit in the area as that set out on the sign. This presumption of regularity operates in the prosecutor's favour and will not be interfered with in the absence of evidence to the contrary. Things are not always as they appear. We decided to do some random virtue testing and can you guess what we found? Although the signs were erected, the City of Toronto had not in fact ever passed a bylaw designating the area as a 30 km/h zone. Hmmm. The defendant's Speeding conviction was set aside on appeal.

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