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Sec. 1. Subpoena and subpoena duces tecum. — Subpoena is a process directed to a person requiring him or her to attend and to testify at the hearing or the trial of an action, or at any investigation conducted by competent authority, or for the taking of his or her deposition. It may also require him to bring with him or her any books, documents, or other things under his or her control, in which case it is called a subpoena duces tecum.
2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), Rule 21, Section 1. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against the Supreme Court's official text and the ChanRobles rendering.
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This is Section 1 of Rule 21 (Subpoena) 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.
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