Practice question
A Kalikasan respondent files a return but deliberately reserves every defense for an ordinary later answer. No independent exception applies. Which does Section8 provide?
- The return can omit all merits defenses
- Every defense can be reserved indefinitely
- Only the petitioner has pleading duties
- Defenses not raised in the return are deemed waived
- A reservation automatically extends time
Legal references
- Environmental Rules AM09-6-8-SC, Rules7–8: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_09-6-8-sc_2010.html
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