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Practice question: Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

Before raffle in a multiple-sala court, a verified environmental complaint seeks an EPO and establishes extreme urgency, grave injustice and irreparable injury. Who may issue the initial ex parte TEPO?
  1. Only the judge selected after regular raffle
  2. Only the Supreme Court
  3. Only the clerk of court
  4. Only the environmental agency
  5. The executive judge of the multiple-sala court

Legal references

  • A.M. No. 09-6-8-SC, Rule 2, Sections 8–9.
  • Reviewed primary authority, Rule 2, Sections 8–9: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_09-6-8-sc_2010.html

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