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Sec. 2. Order for hearing. — If the petition is sufficient in form and substance, the court, by an order reciting the purpose of the petition, shall fix a date and place for the hearing thereof, which date shall be not more than six months after the entry of the order, and shall direct that a copy of the order be published before the hearing at least once a week for six successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the province, as the court shall deem best.

Rules of Court, Rule 91, Section 2. 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.

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This is Section 2 of Rule 91 (Escheats) 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.

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