Practice question
An answer raises both improper venue and payment. Counsel says the rule necessarily provides exactly one identical summary-hearing requirement and clock for both. Which is sound?
- The court must distinguish paragraph(c)’s listed-ground treatment from paragraph(d)’s other-defense treatment
- The two are textually identical in every respect
- Payment is automatically improper venue
- The court must ignore both defenses
- The defendant may choose any clock
Legal references
- 2019 Rules of Civil Procedure, AM19-10-20-SC, Rules6–9: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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