§ 1:3-4 Enlargement of Time

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1:3-4. Enlargement of Time

    (a) Enlargement by Order or Consent. Unless otherwise expressly provided by rule, a period of time thereby fixed for the doing of an act may be enlarged before or after its expiration by court order on notice or (unless a court has otherwise ordered) by consent of the parties in writing.

    (b) Enlargement for Appeal and Review. Enlargement of time for appeal and review shall be governed by the following rules:
appeals to the Supreme Court and Superior Court, Appellate Division, by R. 2:4-4; actions in lieu of prerogative writs in the Superior Court, Law Division, by R. 4:69-6(c); appeals to the Superior Court, Law Division from reports of condemnation
commissioners, by R. 4:73-6(a); civil appeals to the Superior Court, Law Division, by R. 4:74-2(b); and review of ex parte probate actions, by R. 4:85-2.

    (c) Enlargements Prohibited. Neither the parties nor the court may, however, enlarge the time specified by R. 1:7-4 (motion for amendment of findings); R. 3:18-2 (motion for judgment of acquittal after discharge of jury); R. 3:20-2, R. 4:49-1(b) and (c) and R. 7:10-1 (motion for new trial); R. 3:21-9 (motion in arrest of judgment); R. 3:21-10(a); R. 3:22-12 (petitions for post-conviction relief); R. 3:23-2 (appeals to the Law Division from judgments of conviction in courts of limited criminal jurisdiction); R. 3:24 (appeals to the Law Division from interlocutory orders and orders dismissing the complaint entered by courts of limited criminal jurisdiction); R. 4:40-2(b) (renewal of motion for judgment); R. 4:49-2 (motion to alter or amend a judgment); and R. 4:50-2 (motion for relief from judgment or order).