Here's the explanation of what a Provincial Offence is from off The County of Elgin's website where my mom was GIVEN a speeding-ticket on the 401 in St. Thomas: "Provincial Offences are NON-criminal charges...A Part I is commonly referred to as a ticket that is issued to an INDIVIDUAL..."
Printed copy · Anthology Volume 6, page 278Printed copy from The Tender For Law Anthology, Volume 6, page 278 (printed 13 June 2014). Added by this site; not part of the Facebook export.