S.L. 291.4 Art. 6Mode of examining petitions.

(1) The Board shall examine petitions received by it and shall only accede to a petition in part or in whole when there are impelling reasons for it to do so, such as:

(a) an evident mistake in the identity of the offender or in the identification of any vehicle involved in the scheduled offence;

(b) an evident mistake which resulted in the offender being wrongly found guilty of the scheduled offence;

(c) humanitarian reasons attenuating the circumstances relating to the commission of the scheduled offence;

(d) when the issue of the charge or of the notice under article 14 of the Act or the nature thereof is manifestly unjust or oppressive, considering the nature and facts of the case;

(e) when the procedures as set in the Service of Notice by

Mail Regulations for the issue of the contravention have not been followed.

(2) (a) Following the presentation of a petition in the Registry of the Board, the Tribunal proceedings referring to such contravention shall be suspended for all effects and purposes of law, until such date when the petition is decided upon.

(b) The prescriptive period in the case of contraventions shall also be suspended as from the date when the petition is filed and until that same petition is decided upon.

(c) In the event that the petition is refused, a new summons shall be issued.