Article 90 of Code of Civil Procedure

The court shall order a stay of the proceedings if it considers that judgment on their merits should depend on the determination of Feature No. 36 of 2002 (1) The first paragraph was amended pursuant to Law No. 36 of 2002 (2) Added pursuant to Law No. 36 of 2002 Home Page 619 Law Index Law of Procedure Decree-Law No. 38 of 1980 Promulgating the Law of Civil and Commercial Procedure another issue on which the judgment depends. Once the reason for the stay ceases to exist, any litigant may resume the proceedings. Article 91 (1) Proceedings may be stayed on the basis of the litigants' agreement not to proceed with them for a period not exceeding six months from the date on which the court approves their agreement. Such stay shall have no effect on any mandatory time limit prescribed by law for any procedure. If none of the litigants resumes the proceedings within the thirty days following the expiry of the period—whatever the duration of the stay—the plaintiff shall be deemed to have abandoned his action and the appellant to have abandoned his appeal.