Manitoba Criminal Appeal Rules

25 (1) The registrar shall fix the dates for court hearings and shall advise the parties of the dates.

25 (2) Where factums are to be filed, the registrar shall normally fix a date for hearing immediately after the appellant’s factum is filed.

25 (3) Where the appellant’s factum is not filed within the time limits set out in these rules, the registrar or a judge may fix a date for hearing, and thereafter, the respondent shall have 30 days within which to file a factum.

25 (4) Where

• (a) the appellant’s factum is not filed within the time limits set out in these rules;

• (b) no application to extend time for filing has been made within three months after the receipt by the registrar of the transcript or, where a transcript is not required, the appeal book; and

• (c) no date for a hearing has been set under subrule (3);

the registrar shall notify counsel for the appellant, or the appellant, if unrepresented, that, unless the appeal is perfected in accordance with these rules within 30 days after the date of the notice, the appeal will be deemed to be abandoned.