C-25 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 813.5 Disposition versions

2003-01-01

813.5. No appearance is required unless the defence is in writing; an appearance must be filed within 20 days of service or, if service is effected outside Québec, within 40 days of service.

The time limit for presenting the application is 40 days or, if service is effected outside Québec, 60 days.

In urgent cases, the court may shorten a time limit, whether it is prescribed by law or fixed in an agreement or has been determined by the court.

1982, c. 17, s. 29; 2002, c. 7, s. 125.

1982-12-01

813.5. The declaration must be accompanied with a notice to the other party to appear within 20 days of service of the declaration, or within 40 days if service is made outside Québec.

Within the time fixed for appearance, the defendant must, where such is the case, state in writing, with his defense, the demands he intends to urge against the declaration.

1982, c. 17, s. 29.