Order 16/2020: extension of the extraordinary judicial recess.
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Litigation Department Report | Order 16/2020: extension of the extraordinary judicial recess
Dear Sir or Madam,
Within the state of sanitary emergency declared regarding COVID-19 and the mandatory social, preventive isolation measure duly decreed, the Supreme Court has adopted different measures within the National Judicial Branch, consistent with the National Executive Branch provisions and the recommendations of the national sanitary authority. In order to align with Decree 493/20, through which the National Executive Branch enacted the extension of Decree 297/20 (later extended by Decrees 325/20, 355/20, 408/20, 459/20 and their complementary regulations), on 25/5/2020, the Supreme Court issued the Order 16/2020. Through this Order, the Supreme Court provided: (i) the extension of the extraordinary judicial recess issued by Order 6/2020, from May 25th through June 7th, 2020, both dates included, (ii) that during this extraordinary judicial recess the Supreme Court will work with all its members and court secretaries, (iii) to maintain the public opening hours of courts on duty from Monday to Friday from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., (iv) to entrust the different national and federal courts which are in charge of the superintendence of each jurisdiction: (a) the appointment of authorities on duty within their jurisdiction for attending issues which do not admit a delay and those that arise from the guidelines and assumptions outlined by Orders 6/20, 9/20, 10/20, 13/20 and 14/20, and (b) the power to extend the subjects to be dealt with by such courts during this extraordinary judicial recess.
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Sincerely.
Eduardo Güemes
Martín Gastaldi
Gonzalo García Delatour
Federico Sosa