497. Saving the cases where provisional execution is ordered and where so provided by law, an appeal regularly brought suspends the execution of judgment.
However, a judge of the Court of Appeal may, upon motion, when the appeal appears improper or dilatory, or for some other special reason, order the appellant to furnish, within the delay he sets, security in a specified amount to guarantee in whole or in part the payment of the costs of appeal and the amount of the condemnation, if the judgment is upheld.
If the appellant does not furnish security within the fixed delay, a judge of the Court of Appeal may, upon motion, dismiss the appeal.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 497; 1979, c. 37, s. 18; 1982, c. 32, s. 36; 1993, c. 30, s. 10.