This provision of the new peace bond regime allows the judge to call upon the parties to come for a hearing. It's different from the first provision under proposed section 810.03. I look at the bill alongside the motion to understand and situate the change that's going to be made.
It's the provision called “Appearances”. The judge there has the obligation, once they receive the information, to call all the parties—that's the defendant and the person who made the application for the peace bond—to come to a hearing. At that point, the judge is going to hear from both sides and determine if there's been a reasonable fear.
The French version already had the word “parties” in it. The French version already had the succinct way of summarizing all of the different people who need to come. The intent here is really to just ensure consistency with the French version of the bill on this provision. That's pretty much it.