Practice question
A server displays summons to the defendant only through a video call while the defendant is physically elsewhere and labels it personal service under Section 5. No separate authorized electronic mode is established. Which is correct?
- The video call alone is not the stipulated physical handing or leaving within personal view and presence under Section 5.
- Every video display is automatically physical personal delivery.
- Section 5 abolishes all distinction between in-person and electronic modes.
- A caller can create judicial email authorization privately.
- The call necessarily proves every Rule 14 mode satisfied.
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
- AM 19-10-20-SC, November 26, 2024, Rule 13-A Section 5, express preservation of Rule 14 for summons: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/99055
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