Minor traffic offense cannot justify refusal of good-conduct certificate

ATA/240/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberApr 28, 1998Granted

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Omnilex summary

The case concerns a refusal to issue a good-conduct certificate after the applicant had been sentenced to 20 days' imprisonment with suspension for a serious violation of traffic rules. The decision holds that this sanction constitutes only a minor offence within the meaning of LCBVM Article 14 and therefore cannot serve as a basis for refusing the certificate. The refusal is thus set aside in substance.

Omnilex headnote

LCBVM art. 14; good-conduct certificate; whether a suspended custodial sentence for a serious traffic offence constitutes a minor offence justifying refusal. A 20-day prison sentence with suspension for a grave breach of traffic rules is to be regarded as a minor offence under the LCBVM. Such a sanction, by itself, does not permit refusal of a certificate of good conduct; the authority must base refusal on more serious conduct meeting the statutory threshold.

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Descripteurs

CERTIFICAT DE BONNE VIE ET MOEURS; JPT

Normes

LCBVM.14

Résumé

Une peine de 20 jours d'emprisonnement avec sursis pour violation grave des règles de la LCR constitue une infraction bénigne au sens de la LCBVM et ne peut justifier un refus de CBVM. Une violation grave des règles de la LCR, assortie d'une peine de vingt jours d'emprisonnement avec sursis, constitue une infraction bénigne au sens de la LCBVM et ne peut justifier un refus de certificat de bonne vie et moeurs.

Keywords

good-conduct certificateminor offencesuspended sentencetraffic rulesadministrative refusal

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether a 20-day suspended prison sentence for a serious traffic-rule violation allows refusal of a good-conduct certificate under LCBVM Article 14.

Extracted holding

No. Such conduct qualifies as a minor offence within the meaning of the law and cannot justify refusal of the certificate.

Extracted reasoning

A suspended 20-day custodial sentence for a grave violation of traffic rules is treated as a minor offence under the LCBVM; this threshold is insufficient to deny the certificate.

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