Practice question
Parties complete barangay mediation without raising a known venue objection. After conciliation fails, a party claims barangay venue was necessarily unwaivable. What does Section409 say?
- Failure to raise venue in the stated mediation stage deems the objection waived
- Venue is expressly unwaivable forever
- Only a national statute can waive each objection
- The lupon must retry every case automatically
- Waiver automatically decides the underlying debt
Legal references
- RA7160 Sections408–411: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
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