Practice question
A passer says Section 17 covers only cases first filed after results and cannot apply before results are released. Which is correct?
- The applicant may conceal every case until results.
- Only a case filed after Roll signing can matter.
- The rule forbids disclosure before results.
- The Court loses authority during that interval.
- The section expressly covers the post-examination, pre-results interval too.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 24-10-05-SC, August 12, 2025, amended Rule 138, effective November 3, 2025, Sections 2, 11-13 and 16-19 as identified: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_24-10-05-sc_2025.pdf
- In re Petition to Sign in the Roll of Attorneys, Michael A. Medado, B.M. No. 2540, September 24, 2013, EN BANC MAIN resolution, corporate legal practice and incomplete admission (not a universal current sanction tariff): https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/sep2013/bm_2540_2013.html
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