RULE VII – PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS
Section 1. Authorized Pleadings. – The pleadings allowed under this Rules shall
be the complaint/petition and the answer, both of which must be verified by the
parties before any officer authorized by law to administer oath.
Section 2. Application of Efficient Use of Paper Rule. – Parties are enjoined to
observe the provisions of the Administrative Circular No. 11-9-4-SC issued by the
Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Section 3. Complaint/Petition. – The complaint or petition is the pleading
containing the plaintiff’s or petitioner’s cause or causes of action. The complaint or
petition shall state and narrate clearly the cause or causes of action in paragraphs
and shall specifically state the substance of the claim made, the grounds relied
upon, and the relief being pursued. The names and residences of the plaintiff and
defendant must likewise be indicated. Every complaint or petition must include a
certificate of non-forum shopping.
In the absence of a formal complaint/petition, ICCs/IPs may fill out a
complaint/information sheet which shall identify the names and addresses of the
parties, cause/s of action, material averments in support of the complaint or
petition, and the relief/s prayed for. The complaint/information sheet may be
translated in Tagalog and/or in the dialect known to the plaintiff/petitioner, and
shall be in the form prescribed below:
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENEOUS PEOPLES
COMPLAINT/INFORMATION SHEET
CASE NO. ________________
1. __________________________
NAME OF PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER
(pangalan ng nagrereklamo)
2. ____________________________
NAME OF DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT
(pangalan ng nirereklamo)
3. __________________________
ADDRESS OF PLAINTIFF/ PETITIONER
(tirahan ng nagrereklamo)
4._________________________________
ADDRESS OF DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT
(tirahan ng nirereklamo)
5. Cause/s of action (bagay na inirereklamo)
------ land dispute (patungkol sa lupa)
------ family relations (patungkol sa usaping pampamilya)
___ other matters (patungkol sa iba pang bagay)
________________________________________________________
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