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Practice question: Subpoena (Rule 21)

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Practice question

Under current Rule21 §6, how must a subpoena be served?
  1. Only by placing it in the court file.
  2. Only by a telephone request.
  3. In the manner of personal or substituted service of summons, exhibiting the original and delivering a copy.
  4. By any newspaper article mentioning the witness.
  5. Only by an unsigned message from the plaintiff.

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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