Practice question
Under the 2022 Rule on Summary Procedure, must an ejectment complaint be verified?
- No, only the answer may be verified
- No, verification is always prohibited
- Yes, the Rule requires all allowed pleadings to be verified
- Only if the opponent requests it
- Only if counsel has no Bar number
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 70 Sections 1–2, 16; current summary procedure under A.M. No. 08-8-7-SC (March 1, 2022), Rule I Section 1(A)(1)(a), Rule III Sections 1–3: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf
- 2019 civil-procedure amendments: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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