If a party or defender applies for notifying a new witness to appear in court, obtaining new evidence, applying for a new expert evaluation or inquest, and the judges believe, according to the specific circumstances, that it may affect the determination of the facts of the case, they shall agree to the application and announce an extension of the hearing; If it disagrees, it shall inform the reason and continue the hearing. The time for postponing the hearing in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not exceed one month, and the time for postponing the hearing shall not be included in the trial time limit. For a case for which the People's Procuratorate conducts supplementary investigation, the People's Court shall recalculate the time limit for trial after the supplementary investigation is completed and the case is transferred to the People's Court. 2. In addition, if the case cannot be continued due to irresistible reasons during the trial, the trial may be suspended (the trial period shall be suspended).
Legal basis
Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, when trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a sentence within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. With the approval of the people's court at the next higher level, an extension of three months may be granted to cases that may be sentenced to death or cases that are incidental to civil proceedings, as well as to cases that fall under one of the circumstances prescribed in Article 158 of this Law; If the extension is necessary due to special circumstances, it shall be reported to the Supreme People's Court for approval.
For a case over which the people's court has changed its jurisdiction, the time limit for hearing the case shall be calculated from the date the people's court receives the case after the change.
For a case for which the People's Procuratorate conducts supplementary investigation, the People's Court shall recalculate the time limit for trial after the supplementary investigation is completed and the case is transferred to the People's Court.
