Practice question
For valid cause, a company sends an authorized nonlawyer officer with a secretary’s certificate conferring all Section17 powers. The opponent objects solely because the authority is not titled board resolution. Which is correct?
- The company must hire an attorney for the hearing
- Only that title can ever work
- A nonlawyer officer is categorically prohibited
- A secretary’s certificate is an expressly identified alternative, as appropriate
- Authority need not cover any substantive act
Legal references
- A.M.08-8-7-SC, 2022 Rules on Expedited Procedures, RuleIV Sections17–18, officialSCcollation printedpages2035–2036: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf
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