Article 149. Postponement of the Trial

The court shall have the right to postpone the trial:

if the person participating in the case, duly notified of the time and place of the trial, filed a petition to postpone the trial with justification of the reason for failure to appear at the trial, if the consideration of the case without participation of this person is impossible;

at the request of a person participating in the case, in connection with the failure of his representative to appear at the hearing for a respectful reason;

if any of the participants in the trial fails to appear, if the court considers it impossible to consider the case without the participation of this person;

at the request of a party to postpone the trial due to the need to provide additional evidence;

in case of impossibility of establishing video conferencing during the court session in the video conferencing mode.

at the request of the party, in case of its request for assistance to the court for the peaceful settlement of the dispute.

The court shall have the right to postpone the trial in other cases when it is impossible to consider the case in the court session.

The trial may be postponed for the time necessary to eliminate the circumstances that served as the basis for the postponement, within the time limit of the trial provided for by this Code.

A determination shall be issued on the postponement of the trial.

If the parties are present at the court session, the court shall have the right to interrogate the witnesses who have appeared before the postponement of the trial. The testimonies of these witnesses shall be announced at the next court session. The repeated summons of these witnesses to a new court session shall be made only in cases of necessity.

The persons participating in the case, but who did not appear at the court session, shall be notified of the time and place of the new court session in the manner prescribed by Article 124 of this Code. The persons participating in the case, who have appeared at the court session, shall be notified against a receipt attached to the case file.

After the postponement, the trial shall continue.

If necessary, the trial of the case shall begin over again after its postponement.