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Note: A certificate.of irn;ligency·_must be attac.l:wd to Venue an~- Jurisdi

' ~.
_cti<>n,
.
Dls~ingulshed ..
the pleadings issued either by the Barangay in which
the party Is a resident or the bSWD (A.M. No. 08-110
7-SC (2009), fl(t. 'V,Sec. 3 (f) and (g)) . . .. .

SECTION 22. ..NOTICE TO 'THE ·sOLIC!ITOR

·' .
. G,I~NE,RAL . . .. .
In any action- involving the validity of any treaty, ·1~w;-
ordinance, executive . order ,' presidential decree;
. Rules or regulations, the ·court
:
in its discretion ; may
requite the. appearance 'Ofthe Solicitor <3eneral.who
. may be heard. in . person or ·,arepresent ative ·duly
.· desigr.il:jted byhini. . . .

. The. rule is thata :~iy the sbii~Hor,Gene:ral can bring

or defend · actions on behalf of the ·,Repi.Jblic of thfl
-Philippines _and thaf actions filed '.in ttie nl'!me of the .
Republic; or its ag~rides· and ihs.trumentalities, if not .. . ...
initiated by 'the '.S61icitor General, will be summarily :'4u 't · - ,~ i
dismisse~. Tlie author ity of the Solicitor ,General · is 1./ ~ • • • • .
-embodi13d in Sec. 35(1), Chapter ' 12,'Tit1e ·111, ·_ali)d
~,.:~:i. May be conferred by the Fixed . ~y .law and
.~ 00 ·~ - ·1v .of thEi'. f\dminlst~ative ~ode ot ··_' 9_S7(
1 (,.ii~ , act _oragreememt
of the cannot?~ conferred by
(Cooperative· Dev't. Authonty v'. Do/efi/ Agrtjqa r- ,·,iir\. parties_-- . · th e p~rties. . . .
....Reform Beneficiaries Coop., G.R. 'No : ' 137489, iJj_a;r;:'."';; ;! .,.,(.IY,9-cumv./F..an, GR. No. 145022, . September 23,
29, 2002). . :,.. . . . _ ~-✓-;;,t" 1..\j}k - 4
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Note: A _ ~j~'.~
·ma,y not motu _proprio _di~mis~ .•a
;rY •--'•J ·
complain:t 5in(tfif gr_our,id of impr~pE:r VE?nue , as·1t IS
. . • - . .. .
+~
. RULE . 4· ' ,)'e,,r 1!Xi?' • · · 1·~
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not · one · pf .tFe\gr<,)Uhds · ~herein the cou~ · rnay -
j.ih_
lptlo ~ motu propio .(Universal _Robina
· ·V ~NUE-
•-
OFA:t.r.1.~~s . ·, ·-..'~.·.·1~l
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Corp: .v.JL_im( !P:_R/,SJ
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.~ Exce'pti,ptf
li-iiJ¼flll~s
~ covered 6y_'Jhe Rules . on
Ve~i.J'e
-.yh1
i,s,-the ·plfl~e,. ~r ,!hE3_
: ~e~gi_~J?:
_c)i :a court .with Junsd1.c:t1on
~ii~~f.1re~1,llf . J:1
summarypro ·cetlure 'an<:fsma_ll cla_
t,'l1~Y.h~:~r. :and' { ~;.,- _ . .· .: . • · ·. : .
ims cases._ . ·
, .· · • . . .·
determu::iea .case or the place .where)('qa,~e..:1.sto be . ,1~
.,~+J~
1!D..;.~
·~ypes.of ~ction,_the court r:i.otu propno lll'.'1Y
tried (1RIANO supra at 146) . . : . ,,i ,;J~- , . -.;a,,1.:=. :rl ,i,i~~ !:1_1s.~ s.~, ffl ~) case . from ..an e~am1nat!o~. pf. the
.. · ' . · ..· . . ·. · • ,-r-'f /, ;,,,-,
- · .
·a1~gat1on,sof the c9.~plaint and.such ev1d~nce as
. Iii civil pmceeding ·s,. v~n~ei . is ..'pr~beci,yrarioVnot ·.. fn.ay
be, atta~hed thereto ~n .<:1nY ._of . the.. wot,i~d,~
jurisdictional, ~nd rn:ay b~ waived by .the clefenaant ·if. •· . apparent th,e!efrorn f9_r the..d1sm1ssa)of 13 :q1v1Iac\1on :_
not:seas'onabl<)'.raise.d either .ih'a motioo · to ,p,lsmiss . u~der _S£.1ft 1onA ?f Rules OQ -~ummary :-rocedure
oi- in -the eN,wer.'·(BPI Family SfJ.v.ings'Bank, Inc ;, V.. . and. Sect1~1') . 11. of, Rules ,of Procecjure on Sm~lf ,
Sps ; Yujulco, Q.k. No..1·75,796, July 22, 201fJ).. It is . C_la1ms .Cas:es (1 RIA':"0; _ supra a.t 1/5_6). ; '.
me?nt t<:, , proiiid_e..:converiiepce ~().th,e pa~i _es, rath~r · SChas the ~ower Otder
to Ch~nge ofVenl,le
th.an re_strlct_h
t _eir.acc~ss to the _c_ourts flS It re\ates t? · . . The .SC -has the pow,er to CirdEwachange of venue t9 .
..the pJac~ of trial (Heirs: of L9pez_ v. D.e.c~st ro, G,.R. prevent. a:·miscarriage qf justic;e ·(CONST! : ·Art , .VJ/I;
No. 1-1:2905, Febru _ary,:3, 2000),-_ .- . . Sec . 5, par.4). . .. -- .. .

•. Ve~~e becomes Jurisdictional only in' crim'.ihal·'c:as1:1s. . Basic Venue An~lysls: .In order to know.the veniie
:(Heirs of
~opei v. De .Castro, 'su~ra}: . ''-:_ '. · ,. ,of P?rlicular ~ciion, the basic anp _in'itial step i is to .
. determine if the action'is personal or real (1.RIANO,
su,pra ai 148). . . . · ·

SECTION .1', VENUE .OF:REALACTION _S.

Actions aff~c;t,ing· title ·to or . possession· of real
property; qr inter.est .therein, ·shall .be c:;ommenced
and tried in. th.e proper court which has. jurisc;liction
over the area wherein the rear property Involved, or
a portion thereof, is situated.

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