RULE 11

WHEN TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADINGS

Section 1. Answer to the complaint. — The defendant shall file his answer to the
complaint within thirty (30) calendar days after service of summons, unless a different
period is fixed by the court.

Section 2. Answer of a defendant foreign private juridical entity. — Where the

defendant is a foreign private juridical entity and service of summons is made on the
government official designated by law to receive the same, the answer shall be filed
within sixty (60) calendar days after receipt of summons by such entity.

Section 3. Answer to amended complaint. — When the plaintiff files an amended

complaint as a matter of right, the defendant shall answer the same within thirty (30)
calendar days after being served with a copy thereof.

Where its filing is not a matter of right, the defendant shall answer the amended
complaint within fifteen (15) calendar days from notice of the order admitting the same.
An answer earlier filed may serve as the answer to the amended complaint if no new
answer is filed.

This Rule shall apply to the answer to an amended counterclaim, amended cross-claim,
amended third (fourth, etc.)-party complaint, and amended complaint-in-intervention.

Section 4. Answer to counterclaim or cross-claim. — A counterclaim or cross-claim

must be answered within twenty (20) calendar days from service.

Section 5. Answer to third (fourth, etc.)-party complaint. — [No amendment]

Section 6. Reply. — A reply, if allowed under Section 10, Rule 6 hereof, may be filed
within fifteen (15) calendar days from service of the pleading responded to.

Section 7. Answer to supplemental complaint. — A supplemental complaint may be

answered within twenty (20) calendar days from notice of the order admitting the same,
unless a different period is fixed by the court. The answer to the complaint shall serve
as the answer to the supplemental complaint if no new or supplemental answer is filed.
(7)

Section 8. Existing counterclaim or cross-claim. — [No amendment]

Section 9. Counterclaim or cross-claim arising after answer. — [No amendment]

Section 10. Omitted counterclaim or cross-claim. — [No amendment]

Section 11. Extension of time to file an answer. — A defendant may, for meritorious
reasons, be granted an additional period of not more than thirty (30) calendar days to
file an answer. A defendant is only allowed to file one (1) motion for extension of time to
file an answer.

A motion for extension to file any pleading, other than an answer, is prohibited and
considered a mere scrap of paper. The court, however, may allow any other pleading to
be filed after the time fixed by these Rules.