What generally happens is that you are issued with the fine, say $2000 for disobeying the Chief Health Officer's directives, you can either pay the fine, or choose to contest it. If you choose to contest it, the fine will be withdrawn and you will be issued with a summons to appear in Court. One catch to this, if you hold a firearms license, the fact that you are issued a "criminal summons" means that your firearms license is suspended and the police will confiscate all of your guns until it is resolved. What usually happens then is that the police just fail to show up to court or withdraw the charges, as they would have little chance of actually defending them in court. The technicality most people get caught up on is failing to give their details to the police. If you are suspected of committing an offense, you are required to give your details to the police. If you don't, often the original charge is thrown out, but you are then charged with failing to provide information to the police. It's a pretty fucked up situation and totally unjust, but it's Victoriastan, what else would you expect. ----- Fuck Dan Andrews!