Text of the provision
Sec. 5. Period for claim of minor or incapacitated person. — If on the date of the expiration of the period of two years prescribed in the preceding section the person authorized to file a claim is a minor or mentally incapacitated, or is in prison or outside the Philippines, he may present his claim within one year after such disability is removed.
Rules of Court, Rule 74, Section 5. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against four independently published renderings of the Rules of Court — only text on which at least two independent publishers agree is shown.
About this section
This is Section 5 of Rule 74 (Summary Settlement Of Estates) of the Rules of Court of the Philippines — the Special Proceedings rules (Rules 72–109), in force since January 1, 1964. The text above is reproduced verbatim.
Related provisions
- Section 4 — Liability of distributees and estate.
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