Canada · BC pleadings and discovery
When must a filed amended BC pleading be served?
Unless the court otherwise orders, serve a copy of the filed amended pleading by ordinary service on all parties of record within seven days after filing it. An amended originating pleading may also require prompt personal service on a person who received the original but has not responded, before any further step.
- Period
- 7 consecutive days after the established event
- Trigger
- Actual filing of the amended pleading
- Rule
- Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg.168/2009, Rules 6-1(1), (2), (4)
Official BC Laws consolidation current to September 29, 2026, last amended May 4, 2026 by B.C. Reg. 31/2026, read with B.C. Reg. 105/2026 effective October 1, 2026 and the October 6 cumulative bulletin. The sixteen scoped Rules 3, 6 and 7 provisions are unchanged by 105/2026. Acquired October 8, 2026.
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When must a filed amended BC pleading be served?
Unless the court otherwise orders, serve a copy of the filed amended pleading by ordinary service on all parties of record within seven days after filing it. An amended originating pleading may also require prompt personal service on a person who received the original but has not responded, before any further step.
Responsible actor. The party who filed the amended pleading.
Establish actual filing of the amended pleading.
The amended pleading was properly filed before trial, and a separate originally served person has not responded. The ordinary seven-day parties-of-record clock does not postpone prompt personal service on that person.
British Columbia Supreme Court civil action. Established ordinary 7-day forward branch. Check effective service, actual permission, consent, orders and the required act before relying on a date.
Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg.168/2009, Rules 6-1(1), (2), (4)How does this provision count time?
- Exclude the actual event day and identify the 7th consecutive day.
- Apply the statutory-holiday rule in the correct direction.
- Apply an office-opening adjustment only to an established qualifying act.
- Complete the actual service, filing, affidavit or fee-tender requirement.
Exclude the operative event date and count 7 consecutive days under Interpretation Act section 25.2(2)(a). This period is not shorter than seven, so Rule 22-4(1) does not exclude intermediate weekends or holidays.
Interpretation Act section 25(3)(a) moves a final statutory holiday to the next nonholiday day. Section 25(4)(a) separately addresses an act in a closed business office. Saturday is not itself a section 29 holiday. Registry closure does not automatically extend every interpartes or personal-service act. Confirm the actual act and effective service. For ordinary service, Rule 4-2 distinguishes delivery at or before 4 p.m. from fax or email before 4 p.m.; Saturday, holiday and late acts have their stated deemed dates.
Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg.168/2009, Rules 6-1(1), (2), (4)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Actual filing of the amended pleading is established on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. There is no varying order, effective consent extension or unestablished service-country branch. The example establishes only the stated ordinary procedural branch. It does not establish real-world eligibility or an extension.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Actual filing of the amended pleading is established on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. There is no varying order, effective consent extension or unestablished service-country branch. The example establishes only the stated ordinary procedural branch. It does not establish real-world eligibility or an extension. Exclude Tuesday, October 6, 2026 and count 7 consecutive days, giving the raw threshold Tuesday, October 13, 2026. The raw endpoint is not a statutory holiday or an established closed-office endpoint. No rollover applies. Serve the filed amended pleading on all parties of record. Separately satisfy any prompt personal-service requirement before taking a further step. | Tuesday, October 13, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Actual filing of the amended pleading is established on Monday, October 5, 2026. There is no varying order, effective consent extension or unestablished service-country branch. The example establishes only the stated ordinary procedural branch. It does not establish real-world eligibility or an extension. Exclude Monday, October 5, 2026 and count 7 consecutive days, giving the raw threshold Monday, October 12, 2026. The raw endpoint is a genuine statutory holiday. Section25(3)(a) moves forward to the next nonholiday date Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Serve the filed amended pleading on all parties of record. Separately satisfy any prompt personal-service requirement before taking a further step. | Tuesday, October 13, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Actual filing of the amended pleading is established on Monday, June 1, 2026. There is no varying order, effective consent extension or unestablished service-country branch. The amended pleading was properly filed before trial, and a separate originally served person has not responded. The ordinary seven-day parties-of-record clock does not postpone prompt personal service on that person. The example establishes only the stated ordinary procedural branch. It does not establish real-world eligibility or an extension. Exclude Monday, June 1, 2026 and count 7 consecutive days, giving the raw threshold Monday, June 8, 2026. The raw endpoint is not a statutory holiday or an established closed-office endpoint. No rollover applies. Serve the filed amended pleading on all parties of record. Separately satisfy any prompt personal-service requirement before taking a further step. | Monday, June 8, 2026 |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Permission to amend
- The ordinary no-leave route permits one amendment before service of the notice of trial. It excludes changing parties and withdrawing admissions. Establish amendment entitlement, consent or actual leave before using the service clock.
- Unresponded originating recipient
- Rule 6-1(4)(b) requires personal service promptly and before any further step on a recipient of the original who has not filed a responding pleading. Seven days is not a substitute for that condition.
- Effective ordinary service
- Use the Rule 4-2 deemed-service rules, including the different 4 p.m. delivery and transmission wording. Filing does not establish the service date.
- Actual variation and calendar scope
- The ordinary model does not apply an ungranted extension or infer facts proving consent, eligibility or effective service. Use the actual current rule, order and supported 2025–2027 final-date calendar. Refuse unsupported closure, Saturday and uncovered branches rather than sell an invented date.
- British Columbia Supreme Court civil action. Established ordinary 7-day forward branch. Check effective service, actual permission, consent, orders and the required act before relying on a date.
- The amended pleading was properly filed before trial, and a separate originally served person has not responded. The ordinary seven-day parties-of-record clock does not postpone prompt personal service on that person.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a filed amended BC pleading be served?
Do the seven days run from permission to amend?
No. The stated service clock runs after actual filing of the amended pleading. Permission and filing are different events.
Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 6-1Must I serve an unfiled draft?
Rule 6-1(4)(a) requires a copy of the filed amended pleading on all parties of record.
Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 6-1Can I amend without leave after the notice of trial is served?
Rule 6-1(1)(b) requires leave or written consent of the parties after service of the notice of trial.
Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 6-1Does seven days cover a person who never responded to the original?
Not by itself. The amended originating pleading must also be personally served promptly on the specified unresponded recipient before any further step.
Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 6-1How many amendments may I make before trial without leave?
Rule 6-1(1)(a) permits one amendment without leave before service of the notice of trial, subject to the stated exclusions. Do not assume an unlimited amendment right.
Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg.168/2009, Rules 6-1(1), (2), (4)Must an amendment granted during trial always be filed and served?
Rule 6-1(8) says that, unless the court otherwise orders, an amendment granted during a trial or hearing need not be filed or served.
Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 6-1Official sources and review
Provisions used (9)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg.168/2009, Rules 6-1(1), (2), (4) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 1-1 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 22-4 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 4-2 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, section 25 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, section 25.2 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, section 29 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 23-3(13), (14) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Supreme Court Civil Rules, B.C. Reg. 168/2009, Rule 6-1 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |