Practice question
Under Rule 3 Section 14, what follows discovery of an unknown defendant’s true name?
- The pleading must be amended accordingly.
- The known identity must permanently be concealed.
- The action necessarily ends without any amendment.
- The court must invent a different person.
- Only the plaintiff’s lawyer becomes the defendant.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 3 Sections 12-15 and 19, unchanged provisions read with current amendments: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 2-4 and relevant Rule 10 Section 3, current operative provisions: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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