C-25, r. 4 - Regulation of the Court of Québec

Section 118 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

118. No case shall be adjourned solely by the consent of the parties or due to their absence.

All motions for adjournment of a case set for proof and hearing shall be presented in writing, with the reasons in support thereof, to the coordinating judge or a judge designated by him, at least 8 days before the date set for the hearing. Such motion must be preceded by a notice of one clear juridical day transmitted to all the parties.

Notwithstanding the above time limit, if the reasons for the adjournment are known less than 8 days before the date set for the hearing, the coordinating judge or a judge designated by him may receive an oral motion for adjournment following a notice of one clear juridical day transmitted to all the parties.

This section does not limit the authority of the trial judge to grant an adjournment for exceptional reasons.

O.C. 673-2003, s. 118.