Rule 41, Section 10 — Duty of clerk of court of the lower court upon perfection of appeal

Text of the provision

Sec. 10. Duty of clerk of court of the lower court upon perfection of appeal. — Within thirty days after perfection of all the appeals in accordance with the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the clerk of court of the lower court: (a) To verify the correctness of the original record or the record on appeal, as the case may be, and to make a certification of its correctness; (b) To verify the completeness of the records that will be transmitted to the appellate court; (c) If found to be incomplete, to take such measures as may be required to complete the records, availing of the authority that he or the court may exercise for this purpose; and (d) To transmit the records to the appellate court. If the efforts to complete the records fail, he shall indicate in his letter of transmittal the exhibits or transcripts not included in the records being transmitted to the appellate court, the reasons for their non-transmittal, and the steps taken or that could be taken to have them available. The clerk of court shall furnish the parties with copies of his letter of transmittal of the records to the appellate court.

2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), Rule 41, Section 10. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against the Supreme Court's official text and the ChanRobles rendering.