Section Section 1

Pleading Answer to the complaint

Number of days 15 days

Runs from after service of summons

Exception unless a different period is fixed by the court

Etc.

Section 3 Section 3

Answer to the amended complaint as a matter of right 15 days Answer to the amended complaint not as a matter of right 10 days Answer to an amended counterclaim, crossclaim, amended 3rd (4th etc)party complaint, and amended complaint-in-intervention Answer to counterclaim or crossclaim Answer to 3rd (4th etc.)-party complaint Reply

after being served with a copy thereof from notice of the order admitting the same

answer earlier filed may serve as the answer to the amended complaint, if no new answer is filed

Section 3 Section 4 Section 5, Section 1 Section 6

10 days 10 days 15 days 10 days

from notice of the order admitting the same from service after service of summons from service of the pleading responded to answer to the complaint shall serve as answer to the supplemental unless a different period is complaint if no new or supplemental fixed by the court answer is filed

Section 7

Answer to supplemental complaint

10 days

from notice of the order admitting the same

Section 2

Answer of a defendant foreign private juridical entity and service of summons is made on the government official designated by law to receive the same 30 days

after receipt of summons by such entity