505. Where the respondent does not file his factum within the time prescribed by article 504.1, he is foreclosed from filing it unless an application for an extension is served and filed at the office of the court by him before the expiry of the prescribed time. The extension may be granted, on a motion, by a judge of the Court of Appeal for a period which, barring exceptional circumstances owing to the nature of the case, may not exceed 30 days.
Where the respondent fails to file his factum within the allotted time, the Court may refuse to hear him. If the respondent makes an incidental appeal but does not act within the time allotted for the filing of his factum, the incidental appeal is deemed abandoned.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 505; 1975, c. 83, s. 28; 1979, c. 37, s. 23; 1982, c. 32, s. 43; 1993, c. 30, s. 14; 1995, c. 2, s. 7.