Section III: Dilatory defences.

The judge must suspend the proceedings where the party requesting it enjoys either a period for taking inventory and deliberating, or the benefit of discussion or division, or some other waiting period under the law.

The judge may grant the defendant time to call a guarantor. The proceedings shall continue on the expiry of the period within which the guarantor may appear, unless the guarantee claim is decided separately if the guarantor has not been called within the period set by the judge.

The judge may also suspend the proceedings where one of the parties invokes a decision, which has been the subject of third-party opposition, an application for review or an appeal in cassation.

The beneficiary of a time limit to make an inventory and deliberate may not propose its other exceptions until after the expiry of this time limit.