SCHUYLKILL COUNTY District Justice Criminal Rule of Procedure No. 142; No. 419 Misc, 1999 [29 Pa.B. 4434] And Now, this 5th day of August, 1999, at 11 a.m., the Court hereby amends Schuylkill County District Justice Criminal Rule of Procedure No. 142 for use in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, (21st Judicial District). This rule shall be effective thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
The Clerk of Courts of Schuylkill County is Ordered and Directed to do the following:
1) File seven (7) certified copies of this Order and Rules with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
2) File two (2) certified copies of this Order and Rules with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin together with a diskette reflecting the text in the hard copy version.
3) File one (1) certified copy of this Order and Rules with the Pennsylvania Criminal Procedural Rules Committee.
4) Forward one (1) copy with the Law Library of Schuylkill County for publication in the Schuylkill Legal Record.
5) Keep continuously available for public inspection copies of this Order and Rule.
By the Court
WILLIAM E. BALDWIN,
President JudgeRule 142. Continuances of Preliminary Hearings.
(c) Each party may be granted one continuance by the District Justice upon cause shown. Any such initial continuance, made at the request of either party, shall not be for more than 21 days. A continuance request submitted by the party not requesting the initial continuance, if granted by the District Justice, shall not be for more than 14 days. The District Justice is prohibited from granting more than one continuance to each party.
Any subsequent continuance by either party may be granted only by the President Judge, or his designee, upon completion and with just cause shown on the approved aforementioned continuance request form. This request for continuance form must be completed and signed by the defendant and his/her counsel if any. Upon refusal or approval of said request for continuance form, the Criminal Court Administrator shall file the signed form with the Clerk of Court's office and shall notify the District Justice who in turn shall notify the parties.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1364. Filed for public inspection August 20, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]
