{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"594a","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 594a","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2"},{"name":"TITLE 8. OF THE TRIAL AND JUDGMENT IN CIVIL ACTIONS [577. - 674.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Issues—The Mode of Trial and Postponements [588. - 599.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-2/title-8/chapter-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1933, Ch. 744.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The court may, of its own motion, postpone the trial, if at the time fixed for the trial the court is engaged in the trial of another action; or if, as provided in section 473 of this code, an amendment of the pleadings, or the allowance of time to make such amendment, or to plead, renders a postponement necessary.</p>","text":"The court may, of its own motion, postpone the trial, if at the time fixed for the trial the court is engaged in the trial of another action; or if, as provided in section 473 of this code, an amendment of the pleadings, or the allowance of time to make such amendment, or to plead, renders a postponement necessary.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/issues-the-mode-of-trial-and-postponements-594a","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}