Documents sent to you by the court or enforcement office may specify a certain period for actions such as payment, objection, response, or filing a lawsuit. Similarly, a period of limitation or statute of limitations may be specified for the exercise of a right. These periods are determined in terms of days, weeks, months, or years, such as 5-7-10-30 days, 2 weeks, 1 month, or 2 years. So how are these periods calculated?
In legal proceedings, “Periods begin to run from the date of notification to the parties or, as provided by law, from the date of interpretation.
If the period is specified in days, the day of notification or service is not taken into account, and the period ends at the close of business on the last day.
If the period is specified in weeks, months, or years, it ends at the close of business on the last day of the relevant week, month, or year following the day on which it began. I f there is no day corresponding to the day on which the period began in the month in which it ends, the period ends on the last day of that month at the close of business.
Public holidays are included in the period. If the period is determined as a business day, public holidays are not taken into account. If the last day of the period falls on a public holiday, the period ends at the end of the working hours of the first business day following the holiday.