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The Courts of Nova Scotia - Civil Procedure Rule Ninety Four
Rule 94 - Interpretation
94.01 (1) These Rules must be interpreted in accordance with the principles for interpretation of legislation.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Nova Scotia) applies to these Rules, except where a contrary intention appears and except in a Rule that is within the definition of “regulation” in subsection 2(1) of the Interpretation Act (Canada).
94.02 (1) A period of days in a Rule does not include any of the following:
the day the period begins;
a Saturday and Sunday in the period;
a weekday the office of the prothonotary at Halifax is closed during the period;
the day on which a thing is required, or first permitted, to be done.
(2) A document delivered on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a weekday that the office of the prothonotary is closed is considered to be delivered on the next weekday when the office of the prothonotary is open.
(3) A document delivered after four-thirty on an afternoon is considered to be delivered on the next weekday when the office of the prothonotary is open.
(4) A day is the period between midnight and the instant before midnight marking the beginning of the next day.
(5) For the purposes of Section 49 of the Judicature Act, Rules 94.02(1) to (4) apply to the calculation of a period of days provided in a provincial statute for starting an appeal, or applying for permission to appeal, and the period is not calculated as provided in the Interpretation Act or in any other statute.
(6) For the purpose of Section 3 of the Time Definition Act, a year is the 365 days from midnight of a day on the Gregorian calendar to the instant before midnight marking the beginning of the same numbered day, in the same month, in the following year, except the period is 366 days for a year that includes the twenty-ninth day of February.
Extension of time in appeal
94.03 (1) A person who wishes to obtain an extension of a period referred to in Section 50 of the Judicature Act may make a motion in an appeal or in reference to an intended appeal.
(2) A judge may determine the motion by exercising a discretion similar to that recognized by Rule 2.03, of Rule 2 - General.
Sessions and sittings referred to in legislation
94.04 (1) The court is in session each year and all year long.
(2) A person who is permitted or required by legislation to do something at a future session or sitting of the court, such as the next sitting of the court at a specified place, may make a motion to a judge for directions and to appoint a time, date, and place for a hearing.
Application referred to in legislation
94.05 A person who is permitted or required by legislation to apply to the court or a judge may start the application by filing one of the following notices:
an ex parte application, notice of application in chambers, notice of application in court, or notice for judicial review, if the permission or requirement is for an application that is not connected to an existing proceeding;
a notice of motion, if the permission or requirement is for an interlocutory step in a proceeding.
Judicial discretion when party permitted to make a motion
94.06 A Rule that permits a party to make a motion for an order gives a judge a discretion to grant the order or provide other relief that is in the judge’s discretion.
Interlocutory notice and party disentitled to notice
94.07 A Rule that provides for notice to another party or delivery of a document to another party does not require notice or delivery to a party who has become disentitled to notice, unless the Rule expressly provides otherwise.
Rules applicable to non-party
94.08 A reference in these Rules to a person includes a party and a non-party.
Withholding information solely to impeach
94.09 (1) Despite a Rule that requires a party to disclose a document, to answer a question on discovery or by interrogatory, or to otherwise provide information to another party or the court, the party may, for the sole purpose of impeaching a witness, opt to withhold making the disclosure, answering the question, or otherwise providing the information.
(2) All of the following apply to a party who chooses to withhold a document, not answer a question, or withhold other information for the sole purpose of impeaching a witness:
the party cannot use the witness who is subject to impeachment as an affiant on a motion, or seek to call the witness to give direct evidence on a motion;
the party cannot call the witness who is subject to impeachment as a witness for the party at a trial or hearing, unless the presiding judge permits otherwise;
the party may only offer the withheld document or make use of the withheld information to impeach credibility, and it cannot be used by the withholding party to prove any fact in issue other than credibility;
the party must immediately disclose the document or immediately provide the answer or the information, when the party decides not to use it or becomes aware the witness is not to be called.
94.10 In these Rules, unless the context requires a different meaning:
“Chief Justice” means the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in a Rule that applies to the court and the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia in a Rule that applies to the Court of Appeal;
“child” where it is used in a family context, refers to a person in relation to parents and, where it is used in any other context, means a person who is under the age of majority;
“claim” includes a cause of action and the remedy sought;
“close of pleadings” means the time provided in Rule 38.11, of Rule 38 - Pleading;
“control” includes possession and custody;
“corporation” and “corporate party” mean an entity recognized by law to be a person other than an individual and includes a partnership, a government, and a representative party who represents a government or other public body;
“counsel” means counsel of record or a lawyer who substitutes for counsel of record;
“court” means the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and includes all of the following:
a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, whether the judge is in court or chambers, and whether the judge is appointed generally or to the Family Division,
a prothonotary, and a court officer in the Family Division, who exercises a judicial power under legislation or these Rules,
a court officer to whom the prothonotary delegates a judicial power;
“Court of Appeal” means the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal;
“court transcriber” has the same meaning as in the Certification of Transcripts Regulations;
“deposit-taking corporation” means a bank, credit union, or another corporation that is, or is eligible to become, a member institution under the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act;
“document” in a Rule outside Part 5 - Discovery and Disclosure, has the same meaning as in Part 5, except it includes electronic information;
“electronic information” in a Rule outside Part 5 - Discovery and Disclosure, has the same meaning as in Part 5;
“Family Division” means the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Family Division);
“family maintenance or support” means a payment required to be made for the maintenance or support of a child, spouse, former spouse, or parent by an order under the Divorce Act, the Maintenance and Custody Act, or similar legislation;
“file”, where it is used as a verb, means to deliver a document for filing to the prothonotary or to a person designated to accept documents for filing at an office of the Family Division;
“finish date” means the date fixed under Rule 4.16(6)(c), of Rule 4 - Action;
“judge”, where the word is used in connection with the Court of Appeal, means a judge of the Court of Appeal and, where it is used otherwise, means a judge of the court including a judge appointed to the Family Division;
“judgment creditor” means a party in whose favour an order for payment of money is made, a person to whom the party assigns rights under the order, and a person appointed to administer or manage the estate or affairs of the party;
“judgment debtor” means a party against whom an order for payment of money is made;
“legislation” has the same meaning as “enactment” in the Interpretation Act;
“medical practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Medical Act as regards a person registered under that legislation and includes a person registered under similar legislation in another jurisdiction;
“moveable” means property that is neither real nor chose in action;
“officer” includes a manager of a corporation, a manager of a business, a director, and a person who holds a public office;
“order for payment of money” includes an order for the payment of costs;
“proceeding” means the entire process by which a claim is started in, and determined by, the court, such as an action, application, judicial review, or appeal;
“prothonotary” means a person appointed by the Minister of Justice for the Province of Nova Scotia as a prothonotary of the court;
“registrar” means a person appointed by the Minister of Justice for the Province of Nova Scotia as registrar of the Court of Appeal;
“registry number” means the registry code inserted under Rule 32.02, of Rule 32 - Place of Proceeding, followed by the number assigned for registration of divorces if a divorce judgment is claimed, followed by the proceeding number assigned under Rule 82.14, of Rule 82 - Administration of Civil Proceedings;
“statutory representative” means a representative appointed under the Adult Capacity and Decision-making Act for a person found to not have the capacity to act on their own, or to instruct counsel, in a proceeding;
“step in a proceeding” means an act in a proceeding required or authorized by a Rule or order, such as filing a document, conducting a discovery, or obtaining execution;
“subsequent encumbrancer” means a person who has an interest sought to be foreclosed in a proceeding but who is not the owner of the equity of redemption or part of it, such as a subsequent mortgagee, judgment holder, tenant, or grantee of a right-of-way;
“teleconference” means an audio or an audio-visual conference held by telephone, over the internet, or by other means of telecommunication;
“wages” includes salaries, commissions, gratuities, and other compensation for labour or services.
Interpretation of court documents
94.11 (1) A period of days or years in an order, or in another instrument in which the court specifies a period of days or years, is calculated in the same manner as the calculation under Rule 94.02, unless the order or other instrument provides otherwise.
(2) The meaning of "person" in Rule 94.08 and the definitions in Rule 94.10 apply to a document prepared under these Rule, unless the document must be read otherwise.
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