Mont. Code Ann. § 3-1-302
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3-1-302 Nonjudicial day
Official statutory text
3-1-302 . Nonjudicial day. (1) No court may be open nor may any judicial business be transacted on legal holidays, as provided for in 1-1-216 , and on a day appointed by the president of the United States or by the governor of this state for a public fast, thanksgiving, or holiday, except for the following purposes:
(a) to give, upon its request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on its verdict;
(b) to receive a verdict or discharge a jury;
(c) for the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature.
(2) Injunctions, writs of prohibition, and habeas corpus may be issued and served on any day.
(a) to give, upon its request, instructions to a jury when deliberating on its verdict;
(b) to receive a verdict or discharge a jury;
(c) for the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature.
(2) Injunctions, writs of prohibition, and habeas corpus may be issued and served on any day.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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