{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-603-16","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 603-16","heading":"Continuance of hearing or trial.","body":"If the judge of any circuit court, or any other circuit judge authorized to preside in the circuit, fails to attend any trial or hearing at the time appointed, a clerk thereof shall continue any case or matter then before the court for trial or hearing, from time to time, until the attendance of one of the circuit judges; but no such continuance shall be for a longer period than seven days, except as otherwise ordered by the court.","path":["HI Code","Division 4","Title 32","Chapter 603"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0603/HRS_0603-0016.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"aec1bf00a4309660b6d9a8881248013797056fb19bc1029343d295e4781d6e02","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-603-14","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-603-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}