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Sec. 2. Implied admission. — Each of the matters of which an admission is requested shall be deemed admitted unless, within a period designated in the request, which shall not be less than fifteen calendar days after service thereof, or within such further time as the court may allow on motion, the party to whom the request is directed files and serves upon the party requesting the admission a sworn statement either denying specifically the matters of which an admission is requested or setting forth in detail the reasons why he or she cannot truthfully either admit or deny those matters. Objections to any request for admission shall be submitted to the court by the party requested within the period for and prior to the filing of his or her sworn statement as contemplated in the preceding paragraph and his or her compliance therewith shall be deferred until such objections are resolved, which resolution shall be made as early as practicable.
2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), Rule 26, Section 2. 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 2 of Rule 26 (Admission By Adverse Party) 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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