Lethbridge By-law 5834, s. 902 — Traffic Bylaw

902. No person shall drive or have on the Roadway a Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles with a weight including or excluding any load thereon, in excess of maximum weight. 903 Wherever in his opinion, there is a contravention of Section 902, a Peace Officer may order the driver or other person in charge or control of a Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles suspected of being on a Roadway in contravention of such Section to take such Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles to the nearest adequate weigh scale to determine the weight of such Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles and load carried thereof. The weigh slip or slips shall be given to the Peace Officer and may be retained by him, and if the weight of any loaded Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles is in excess of maximum weight, the Peace Officer, in addition to any prosecution for contravention of Section 902, may require that any load or portion thereof in excess of maximum weight shall be removed before the Vehicle or combination of attached Vehicles is again taken upon a Highway.