The sections of Rule 23 of the 2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), each reproduced verbatim and verified against the Supreme Court's official text.
- Section 1. Depositions pending action, when may be taken
- Section 2. Scope of examination
- Section 3. Examination and cross
- Section 4. Use of depositions
- Section 5. Effect of substitution of parties
- Section 6. Objections to admissibility
- Section 7. Effect of taking depositions
- Section 8. Effect of using depositions
- Section 9. Rebutting deposition
- Section 10. Persons before whom depositions may be taken within the Philippines
- Section 11. Persons before whom depositions may be taken in foreign countries
- Section 12. Commission or letters rogatory
- Section 13. Disqualification by interest
- Section 14. Stipulations regarding taking of depositions
- Section 15. Deposition upon oral examination; notice; time and place
- Section 16. Orders for the protection of parties and deponents
- Section 17. Record of examination; oath; objections
- Section 18. Motion to terminate or limit examination
- Section 19. Submission to witness; changes; signing
- Section 20. Certification and filing by officer
- Section 21. Notice of filing
- Section 22. Furnishing copies
- Section 23. Failure to attend of party giving notice
- Section 24. Failure of party giving notice to serve subpoena
- Section 25. Deposition upon written interrogatories; service of notice and of interrogatories
- Section 26. Officers to take responses and prepare record
- Section 27. Notice of filing and furnishing copies
- Section 28. Orders for the protection of parties and deponents
- Section 29. Effect of errors and irregularities in depositions
Note. Verbatim rule text with general framing, not legal advice.