Provincial court launches pilot project for faxing information

The Nova Scotia Provincial Court is launching a pilot project to allow an information a form that lists the charges against a person to be sent by fax,according to an emailfrom Nova Scotia Courts.

The method is not exactly new.

The provincial court developed a process for electronic filing in the spring after being forced to close to the public due to COVID-19. It was meant to be a temporary fix.

For matters withinthe Halifax Regional Municipality, police could use fax to send the formsto the Justice of the Peace Centre. For any other courthouses, they had to be sent tothe court's administration centre.

But the process has now changed for courts in Halifax and Dartmouth.

Starting Feb. 1, all the newinformation forms in either Halifax orDartmouth will be faxed to the court's administration office in Dartmouth.

Police will no longer need to courier copies of the faxed documents to the Halifax or Dartmouth courthouses.

The pilot project does not include any other courthouses in the province. It will run until the end of June.