Practice question
Does the statutory summons warning state that failure to answer is automatically a new criminal conviction?
- Yes; civil summons is itself a criminal judgment.
- No.
- Yes; the clerk may convict without a charge.
- Yes; every unanswered complaint creates a felony.
- Yes; imprisonment automatically follows the warning alone.
Legal references
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rule 14, particularly Sections 1-5, 8, 13 and 23, as applicable to the stated issue: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
- Rules of Court, Rule 9 Section 3(d), limits on judgment against a party in default, read with current amendments: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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