Practice question
The answer period has expired without an answer. Evidence shows active concealment threatening the investigation. Counsel says the Court can never consider Section31 until a physical answer is received. Which is correct?
- The respondent may indefinitely prevent action by silence
- Only actual receipt can ever suffice
- Default automatically prevents protection
- Lapse of the answer period is an express alternative procedural trigger
- The investigator must abandon the record
Legal references
- CPRA, A.M.22-09-01-SC, CanonVI Sections1–3,11–12,18,28,31–32,37,42,44; primaryissuedtext visuallyread printed35–44,48,51: https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
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