Cap. 12 Art. 732Apleas Ex officio raised by the court.

Saving the provisions of any other law, in those instances where the law allows the court to raise a plea in a ex officio judgment without raising such plea prior to the action being put off for judgment, without allowing the parties to take cognizance of such plea before judgment is delivered, and without the parties being allowed to produce such evidence or plead in relation to the plea, the court shall not raise such a plea in its judgment but shall raise such a plea in open court or by decree in camera and the parties shall be allowed to produce evidence and make oral submissions thereupon before judgment on the plea raised by the court is delivered.