C-25 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 12 Disposition versions

1994-01-01

12. The courts of first instance are not obliged to sit between 30 June and 1 September, or between 23 December and 7 January, except as regards the following matters:

(a)  actions arising from relations between lessor and lessee, and employer and employee;

(b)  the matters governed by Titles I, IV, V and VI of Book V;

(c)  applications relating to the integrity of the person;

(d)  writs of habeas corpus and demands provided for in article 846;

(e)  (paragraph repealed);

(f)  proceedings respecting the guardianship of property under seizure or the distribution of moneys following execution;

(g)  expropriation proceedings;

(h)  cases in which the defendant is in default to appear or to plead;

(i)  inscriptions for judgment upon acquiescence in a demand, upon discontinuance or by agreement between the parties;

(j)  incidental proceedings;

(k)  the matters governed by Book VI of this Code;

(l)  those which must be heard and decided by preference under a provision of law or a decision of the chief justice or a judge designated by him for such purpose.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 12; 1966, c. 21, s. 2; 1982, c. 17, s. 1; 1992, c. 57, s. 172.

1982-12-01

12. The courts of first instance are not obliged to sit between the 30th of June and the 1st of September, or between the 23rd of December and the 7th of January, except as regards the following matters:

(a)  actions arising from relations between lessor and lessee, and employer and employee;

(b)  the matters governed by Titles I, IV, V and VI of Book V;

(c)  (paragraph repealed);

(d)  writs of habeas corpus and demands provided for in article 846;

(e)  (paragraph repealed);

(f)  proceedings respecting the guardianship of property under seizure or the distribution of moneys following execution;

(g)  expropriation proceedings;

(h)  cases in which the defendant is in default to appear or to plead;

(i)  inscriptions for judgment upon acquiescence in a demand, upon discontinuance or by agreement between the parties;

(j)  incidental proceedings;

(k)  the matters governed by Book Six of this Code;

(l)  those which must be heard and decided by preference under a provision of law or a decision of the chief justice or a judge designated by him for such purpose.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 12; 1966, c. 21, s. 2; 1982, c. 17, s. 1.

1977-12-31

12. The courts of first instance are not obliged to sit between the 30th of June and the 1st of September, or between the 23rd of December and the 7th of January, except as regards the following matters:

(a)  actions arising from relations between lessor and lessee, and employer and employee;

(b)  the matters governed by Titles I, V and VI of Book Five;

(c)  oppositions to marriage;

(d)  writs of habeas corpus and certiorari;

(e)  proceedings concerning alimentary allowance or the custody of children;

(f)  proceedings respecting the guardianship of property under seizure or the distribution of moneys following execution;

(g)  expropriation proceedings;

(h)  cases in which the defendant is in default to appear or to plead;

(i)  inscriptions for judgment upon confession of judgment, upon discontinuance or by consent of the parties;

(j)  incidental proceedings;

(k)  the matters governed by Book Six of this Code;

(l)  those which must be heard and decided by preference under a provision of law or a decision of the chief justice or a judge designated by him for such purpose.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 12; 1966, c. 21, s. 2.