Practice question
The opponent timely invokes Section 10. The offeror cites Paras’s historical pleading language to avoid the current verified-pleading requirement for the exception. Which is sound?
- The 2015 quotation repeals the 2019 amendment.
- Verification is never part of the current text.
- The offeror may choose whichever version is less demanding.
- A citation itself verifies every pleading.
- Apply current Section 10; the older case does not erase the later verification requirement.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, 2019 Amendments to the Revised Rules on Evidence, current Rule 130, Sections 10-24 as specified: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
- Spouses Paras v. Kimwa Construction and Development Corp., G.R. No. 171601, April 8, 2015, MAIN decision, relevance and waiver; use current Section 10 verified-pleading requirement rather than historical Section 9 text: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/apr2015/gr_171601_2015.html
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