Practice question
A party disobeys an order to submit to physical examination. The movant invokes Rule 29 Section 3(d) as an unconditional power to arrest for that precise refusal. Which is correct?
- The paragraph contains no exception.
- That arrest provision expressly excepts an order to submit to physical or mental examination.
- The movant may arrest the party privately.
- Every discovery dispute automatically requires imprisonment.
- The exception prohibits all other lawful discovery responses.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 25-29, interrogatories, admissions, production and physical examination; retained text read with current amendments: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 23-34, particularly the current provisions cited in each explanation: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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