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C-25.1 - Code of Penal Procedure

Section 41
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41. In case of urgency, a judge or a clerk having authority to sign a summons may, upon an application, reduce the time for service of a summons to not less than 12 hours before the witness is to be examined. However, where the witness is a judge or a minister or deputy minister of the Government, only a judge may authorize a reduction of the time for service.
The authorization to reduce the time must be recorded with the summons.
1987, c. 96, a. 41; 1995, c. 51, s. 49.
41. In case of urgency, a judge or a clerk having authority to sign a summons may, upon an application, reduce the time for service of a summons to not less than twelve hours before the witness is to be examined. However, where the witness is a judge or a minister or deputy minister of the Government, only a judge may authorize a reduction of the time for service.
The authorization to reduce the time must be recorded on the summons.
1987, c. 96, a. 41.
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