Montana § 3-1-302 Nonjudicial Day

Montana Statutes

§ 3-1-302 — Nonjudicial Day

Montana·Title 3 JUDICIARY, COURTS·Ch. 1 COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY·Part 3 General Rules Regarding Procedure

3-1-302 . Nonjudicial day.

(1)No court may be open nor may any judicial business be transacted on legal holidays, as provided for in 1-1-216 , and on a day appointed by the president of the United States or by the governor of this state for a public fast, thanksgiving, or holiday, except for the following purposes:

(a)to give, upon its request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on its verdict;

(b)to receive a verdict or discharge a jury;

(c)for the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature.

(2)Injunctions, writs of prohibition, and habeas corpus may be issued and served on any day.

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3-1-302 . Nonjudicial day. (1) No court may be open nor may any judicial business be transacted on legal holidays, as provided for in 1-1-216 , and on a day appointed by the president of the United States or by the governor of this state for a public fast, thanksgiving, or holiday, except for the following purposes:
(a) to give, upon its request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on its verdict;
(b) to receive a verdict or discharge a jury;
(c) for the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature.
(2) Injunctions, writs of prohibition, and habeas corpus may be issued and served on any day.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 467, p. 136, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 589, p. 155, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 514, p. 174, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 514, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 531, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 121, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6296, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8850, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 134; re-en. Sec. 8850, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 420, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 344, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 93-507.