984. The debtor must make such application before the expiry of the time fixed for appearance or, after that time, so long as the inscription for judgment by the clerk or for proof and hearing has not been filed in the record.
Where the application is made by a legal person, it must indicate, in particular, that at all times during the 12-month period preceding the application, not more than five persons bound to it by contract of employment were under its direction or control. The application must be supported by an affidavit attesting the truth of that fact.
1971, c. 86, s. 1; 1975, c. 83, s. 76; 1992, c. 63, s. 7; 1992, c. 57, s. 416.