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Practice question: Defendant Whose Identity or Location are Unknown

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

What authorization does section 16 require before its publication mode is used?
  1. Only the newspaper’s consent
  2. Only the plaintiff’s oral request to a messenger
  3. Approval by any witness
  4. Leave of court
  5. No authorization at all

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 14 sections 16, 19 and 22, unknown identity or whereabouts, ninety-day reference from commencement, leave, minimum answer period and publication proof.

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