It usually takes about a month for the court to accept a case and open a court session. The court session time is included in the conclusion period, and the specific court session time is arranged by the court. A case tried by summary procedure in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law shall be concluded by the people's court within 20 days after acceptance. If the possible fixed-term imprisonment exceeds three years, it can be extended to one and a half months. When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. With the approval of the people's court at the next higher level, cases that may be sentenced to death or cases with incidental civil actions may be extended for three months.
Hearing in court refers to the litigation activities in which the people's court conducts a substantive trial of a case in court on a certain date with the participation of the parties and other participants in the proceedings in accordance with legal procedures and forms.
Article 202 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or an incidental civil lawsuit, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 156 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for three months with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval. If the people's court changes its jurisdiction, it shall be counted from the date when the changed people's court receives the case. The people's court shall recalculate the time limit for hearing a case transferred to the people's court after the supplementary investigation by the people's procuratorate is completed. Article 203 When a people's procuratorate finds that a people's court is handling a case in violation of legal procedures, it has the right to put forward rectification opinions to the people's court. Article 232 The people's court of second instance shall conclude the case of appeal or protest within two months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or a case with incidental civil action, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 156 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for two months with the approval or decision of the higher people's court of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval. The time limit for accepting appeals and protests in the Supreme People's Court shall be decided by the Supreme People's Court.