Practice question
A defendant moves to extend time for a pleading other than an answer. The motion is prohibited under Section11. Counsel says this means the court is constitutionally forbidden ever to allow that pleading after time. Which separate sentence matters?
- The court may nevertheless allow another pleading after the fixed time under the rule
- The prohibited motion creates automatic extension
- All late pleadings are necessarily timely
- The court must always admit it
- A party may set its own deadline
Legal references
- 2019 Civil Procedure Amendments, relevant current Rules9–12: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
- Rules of Court, relevant unchanged provisions of Rules9–12: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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