C-25 - Code of Civil Procedure

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471. A judgment must be signed by the person who rendered it. However, in family cases, the clerk may sign the judgment rendered by a judge.
In contested suits where judgment is rendered after taking the case under advisement, it contains, in addition to the conclusions, a concise statement of the reasons on which the decision is based.
When a judge dies, is absent, is unable to act or retires after he has rendered judgment in open court and before he has signed such judgment, the chief justice of such court or a judge designated by him may sign such judgment.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 471; 1972, c. 70, s. 19; 1977, c. 73, s. 15; 1982, c. 17, s. 24; 1989, c. 6, s. 2; 1992, c. 57, s. 420.
471. A judgment must be signed by the person who rendered it. However, in family cases, the prothonotary may sign the judgment rendered by a judge.
In contested suits where judgment is rendered after taking the case under advisement, it contains, in addition to the conclusions, a concise statement of the reasons on which the decision is based.
When a judge dies, is absent, is unable to act or retires after he has rendered judgment in open court and before he has signed such judgment, the chief justice of such court or a judge designated by him may sign such judgment.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 471; 1972, c. 70, s. 19; 1977, c. 73, s. 15; 1982, c. 17, s. 24; 1989, c. 6, s. 2.
471. A judgment must be signed by the person who rendered it. However, in family cases, the prothonotary may sign the judgment rendered by a judge.
In contested suits where judgment is rendered after taking the case under advisement, it contains, in addition to the conclusions, a concise statement of the reasons on which the decision is based.
When a judge dies, is unable to act or retires after he has rendered judgment in open court and before he has signed such judgment, the chief justice of such court or a judge designated by him may sign such judgment.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 471; 1972, c. 70, s. 19; 1977, c. 73, s. 15; 1982, c. 17, s. 24.
471. A judgment must be signed by the person who rendered it. However, in an action for separation from bed and board or for divorce, the prothonotary may sign the judgment rendered by a judge.
In contested suits where judgment is rendered after taking the case under advisement, it contains, in addition to the conclusions, a concise statement of the reasons on which the decision is based.
When a judge dies, is unable to act or retires after he has rendered judgment in open court and before he has signed such judgment, the chief justice of such court or a judge designated by him may sign such judgment.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 471; 1972, c. 70, s. 19; 1977, c. 73, s. 15.