Text of the provision
Sec. 13. Duty of counsel of record. — Where the summons is improperly served and a lawyer makes a special appearance on behalf of the defendant to, among others, question the validity of service of summons, the counsel shall be deputized by the court to serve summons on his or her client.
2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), Rule 14, Section 13. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against the Supreme Court's official text and the ChanRobles rendering.
About this section
This is Section 13 of Rule 14 (Summons) 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 12 — Service upon domestic private juridical entity.
- Section 14 — Service upon foreign private juridical entit[ies].
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