Section 34 of Small Claims Court Act (CAP. 10A): Expeditious disposal of cases

(1) All proceedings before the Court on any particular day so far as is practicable shall be heard and determined on the same day or on a day to day basis until final determination of the matter which shall be within sixty days from the date of filing the claim.
(2) Judgment given in determination of any claim shall be delivered on the same day and in any event, not later than three (3) days from the date of the hearing.
(3) The Court may only adjourn the hearing of any matter under exceptional and unforeseen circumstances which shall be recorded and be limited to a maximum of three adjournments.
(4) When considering whether to allow an adjournment on the grounds of exceptional and unforeseen circumstances referred to in subsection (3), the court may in particular take into consideration where appropriate any of the following exceptional and unforeseen circumstances—
(a) the absence of the parties concerned or their advocate or other participants to the proceedings required to appear in court for justified personal reasons which may include sickness, death, accident or other calamities;
(b) an application by a party for the Adjudicator to withdraw from hearing the matter;
(c) a request by parties to settle the matter out of court;
(d) an appeal filed in the matter where orders of stay of proceedings have been granted;
(e) an application by a party to summon new witnesses to court, collect new evidence, new inspection or evaluation or supplementary investigation on the subject matter of the case; and
(f) any other exceptional and unforeseen circumstances which in the opinion of the court justifies or warrants an adjournment.
[Act No. 5 of 2020 , s. 7., Act No. 1 of 2021 , s. 53.]