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Practice question: Prisoners

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Practice question

A warden argues that the five-day return period uses business days, although Section8 expressly says calendar days. Which is best?
  1. The warden may choose either unit at will
  2. Every procedural period is a business-day period
  3. A return can wait indefinitely
  4. The complaint’s amount controls the unit
  5. The express calendar-day wording governs, subject to applicable general computation rules

Legal references

  • Rule14 Section8: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html

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