C-25 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 780 Disposition versions

1998-06-01

780. The court or the judge is bound to question the person concerned by the application except if he cannot be found or has fled or if it would clearly be useless to require his testimony owing to his state of health; a further exception is made in the case of an application to obtain that a person be submitted to a psychiatric assessment, where it is proved that there is an urgent need or that requiring the testimony could be harmful to the health or safety of the person concerned or of another person.

The person concerned may be questioned by a judge of the district in which he is at the time, even if the application is made in another district. The examination is taken down in writing and communicated without delay to the court concerned.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 780; 1973, c. 38, s. 88; 1992, c. 57, s. 367; 1997, c. 75, s. 39.

1994-01-01

780. The court or the judge is bound to question the person concerned by the application except if he cannot be found or has fled or if it would clearly be useless to require his testimony owing to his state of health; a further exception is made in the case of an application to obtain that a person be submitted to a psychiatric examination, where it is proved that there is an urgent need or that requiring the testimony could be harmful to the health or safety of the person concerned or of another person.

The person concerned may be questioned by a judge of the district in which he is at the time, even if the application is made in another district. The examination is taken down in writing and communicated without delay to the court concerned.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 780; 1973, c. 38, s. 88; 1992, c. 57, s. 367.

1977-12-31

780. (Replaced).

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 780; 1973, c. 38, s. 88.