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Adjournment

Defence (Procedure) Rules, r. 77 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) During a trial the court may adjourn from time to time and from place to place as the interests of justice require. (2) A court may adjourn at any time to consult the convening officer on a point of law. (3) If during a trial any reason emerges which makes it advisable that the court should not continue to hear the case, the court shall adjourn and report thereon to the convening officer. (4) If at any time during a trial the accused becomes ill and it appears to the court that the illness is such that it will be impracticable to continue the trial, the court shall ascertain the facts of the illness and shall then adjourn and report to the
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