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Practice question: Defendant Whose Identity or Location are Unknown

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

What minimum answer period must an order granting section 16 leave specify?
  1. A reasonable period not less than sixty calendar days after notice
  2. Exactly five working days in every case
  3. At most ten calendar days after filing
  4. No time to answer
  5. Exactly thirty days after counsel signs the complaint

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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