Practice question
A subpoena is delivered shortly before the required appearance, leaving no reasonable time for necessary preparation and travel. What requirement is implicated?
- Only the witness's preferred vacation schedule.
- A rule that all subpoenas require exactly thirty days' notice.
- A rule that travel time never matters.
- The defendant's answer deadline.
- Rule21 §6's requirement of reasonable time for preparation and travel.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — AM19-10-20-SC, current 2019 amendments, Rules18–22.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — retained provisions of Rules19–22, read with 2019 amendments.
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