Text of the provision
Sec. 24. Failure of party giving notice to serve subpoena. — If the party giving the notice of the taking of a deposition of a witness fails to serve a subpoena upon him or her and the witness because of such failure does not attend, and if another party attends in person or by counsel because he or she expects the deposition of that witness to be taken, the court may order the party giving the notice to pay to such other party the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred by him or her and his or her counsel in so attending, including reasonable attorney's fees.
2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), Rule 23, Section 24. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against the Supreme Court's official text and the ChanRobles rendering.
About this section
This is Section 24 of Rule 23 (Depositions Pending Actions) 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 23 — Failure to attend of party giving notice.
- Section 25 — Deposition upon written interrogatories; service of notice and of interrogatories.
Cases citing this section
- Authorities on this section will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.