Text of the provision
Sec. 3. Answer to amended complaint. — [When] the plaintiff files an amended complaint as a matter of right, the defendant shall answer the same within thirty calendar days after being served with a copy thereof. Where its filing is not a matter of right, the defendant shall answer the amended complaint within fifteen calendar days from notice of the order admitting the same. An answer earlier filed may serve as the answer to the amended complaint if no new answer is filed. This Rule shall apply to the answer to an amended counterclaim, amended cross-claim, amended third (fourth, etc.)-party complaint, and amended complaint-in-intervention.
2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), Rule 11, Section 3. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against the Supreme Court's official text and the ChanRobles rendering.
About this section
This is Section 3 of Rule 11 (When To File Responsive Pleadings) of the 2019 Rules of Civil Procedure, the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court in A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC and in force since May 1, 2020. The text above is reproduced verbatim from the current rules.
Related provisions
- Section 2 — Answer of a defendant foreign private juridical entity.
- Section 4 — Answer to counterclaim or cross.
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