Appellate procedure; Briefs.
Section 7
SEC. 7. Appellate procedure; Briefs.—Until the Supreme Court shall provide otherwise by Rule of Court, appeals all proceed as provided by Rules 46 to 55 of the Rules Court, insofar as .applicable, with the following modifications: (a) The appellant's brief shall be served and filed within (30) days from the date that he is notified that the record has been received by the Court of Appeals, within the period above fixed, and shall contain, as an appendix, the ruling, order, award, decision or judgment appealed from; the appellee's brief shall be served and filed within thirty (30) days from receipt of the appellant's brief; and the appellant's reply brief, within fifteen (15) days from receipt of the appellee's brief. (b) The Court of Appeals may extend the periods above, fixed only for good cause; and the total extension granted any party shall not, except in meritorious cases, be greater than the original period above fixed. (c) Where the appellant has been exempted from paying the docket fee or making the deposit for costs, or when the appellee is an employee, laborer or tenant, he shall be allowed to file his briefs in typewritten or mimeographed form.