Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Trial continuous

• 645 (1) The trial of an accused shall proceed continuously subject to adjournment by the court.

• Marginal note:Adjournment

  (2) A judge may adjourn a trial from time to time in the same sittings.

• Marginal note:Formal adjournment unnecessary

  (3) For the purpose of subsection (2), no formal adjournment of trial or entry thereof is required.

• Marginal note:Questions reserved for decision

  (4) A judge, in any case tried without a jury, may reserve final decision on any question raised at the trial, or any matter raised further to a pre-hearing conference, and the decision, when given, shall be deemed to have been given at the trial.

• Marginal note:Questions reserved for decision in a trial with a jury

  (5) In any case to be tried with a jury, the judge before whom an accused is or is to be tried has jurisdiction, before any juror on a panel of jurors is called pursuant to subsection 631(3) or (3.1) and in the absence of any such juror, to deal with any matter that would ordinarily or necessarily be dealt with in the absence of the jury after it has been sworn.