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Practice question: Entity without Juridical Personality

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

An unincorporated group maintains a business office under its common name. The person in charge is validly served there. A defendant argues that service is necessarily invalid because the recipient is not an associate and no formal corporate secretary exists. Which is correct?
  1. Only associated owners are ever listed
  2. The in-charge recipient is a separate express alternative and need not be a corporate secretary
  3. Corporate incorporation is required for Section7
  4. Every office recipient must be a director
  5. The group’s lack of a secretary defeats all service

Legal references

  • Current Rule14 Sections6–10 and20–21, AM19-10-20-SC: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html

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