Text of the provision
Sec. 1. Who may institute proceedings, and when. — Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding section, a person deprived of the possession of any land or building by force, intimidation, threat, strategy, or stealth, or a lessor, vendor, vendee, or other person against whom the possession of any land or building is unlawfully withheld after the expiration or termination of the right to hold possession, by virtue of any contract, express or implied, or the legal representatives or assigns of any such lessor, vendor, vendee, or other person, may, at any time within one year after such unlawful deprivation or withholding of possession, bring an action in the proper Municipal Trial Court against the person or persons unlawfully withholding or depriving of possession, or any person or persons claiming under them, for the restitution of such possession, together with damages and costs.
2019 Rules of Civil Procedure (A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC), Rule 70, Section 1. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against the Supreme Court's official text and the ChanRobles rendering.
About this section
This is Section 1 of Rule 70 (Forcible Entry And Unlawful Detainer) 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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Related provisions
- Section 2 — Lessor to proceed against lessee only after demand.
Cases citing this section
- Poh Toh Buddhist Association of the Philippines, Inc. v. Sy, G.R. No. 272396, April 15, 2026 (Zalameda, J.) — ownership alone is not determinative of the right of possession; even a registered owner must prove every element of unlawful detainer, and a corporation’s incumbent board is presumed to retain authority to sue during a leadership dispute. Read our note →