Since May 16th, the new rules for counting procedural deadlines in the Judiciary have been in effect. The changes were established by the National Council of Justice (CNJ), through the Resolution 569/2024, and have a direct impact on how subpoenas, summonses and other communications are counted.
The main change is the unification of the means of official communication: from now on, deadlines will be counted exclusively on the basis of publications made in the Electronic Judicial Domicile and the National Gazette of Electronic Justice (DJEN).
What has changed?
Summonses and other procedural communications must now be made through the Electronic Judicial Domicile, replacing the sending of letters and the work of bailiffs in cases permitted by law.
In cases where there is no legal requirement for personal summons, deadlines will be counted from the time of publication in the DJEN, starting on the first working day after the official date of publication, which in turn is the day after the content is made available.
How deadlines are counted?
- Confirmed summons - the deadline starts on the 5th working day after the reading is confirmed.
- Unconfirmed summons for legal entities governed by public law - the deadline begins 10 calendar days after the summons is sent.
- For legal entities governed by private law: the deadline does not start. The summons must be redone and the absence of confirmation must be justified, under penalty of a fine.
Other summonses and communications
- Confirmed - the deadline starts on the date of confirmation (or the next working day if the confirmation occurs on a non-working day).
Unconfirmed - the deadline starts 10 calendar days after the communication is sent.
What is electronic judicial domicile?
It is a free, secure and completely digital platform created to centralize procedural communications for legal entities, whether public or private. With the system, subpoenas, summonses and notices can be accessed in a single virtual environment, dispensing the use of physical media.
The tool is part of the Justice 4.0 Program, developed by the CNJ in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), with the support of the STJ, CJF, TST, CSJT, TSE and Febraban, which collaborated in the creation of the solution.
