Inclusion of B.P. 22 Violations Within Coverage of Rule on Summary Procedure of Criminal Cases

March 25, 2003 EN BANC A.M. No. 00-11-01-SC RE : Amendment to the Ruleon Summary Procedure of CriminalCases to Include within its Coverage Violations of B.P. Blg.22, Otherwise Known as the Bouncing ChecksLaw R E S O L U T I O N Acting on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Rules of Court submitting for this Court's consideration and approval the Proposed Amendment To The RuleOn Summary Procedure Of Criminal Cases To Include Within Its Coverage Violations Of B.P. Blg.22, Otherwise Known As The Bouncing ChecksLaw, the Court Resolved to APPROVE the same. The amendment shall take effect on April 15, 2003 following its publication in a newspaper of general circulation not later than March 30, 2003. (SGD.) HILARIO G. DAVIDE, JR. Chief Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) JOSUE N. BELLOSILLO Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) JOSE C. VITUG Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) ARTEMIO V. PANGANIBAN Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) CONSUELO YNARES-SANTIAGO Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) RENATO C. CORONA Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) ROMEO J. CALLEJO, SR. Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) REYNATO S. PUNO Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) VICENTE V. MENDOZA Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) LEONARDO A. QUISUMBING Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) ANGELINA SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) MA. ALICIA AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) CONCHITA CARPIO-MORALES Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines (SGD.) ADOLFO S. AZCUNA Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines AMENDMENT TO THE RULEON SUMMARY PROCEDURE OF CRIMINAL CASES TO INCLUDE WITHIN ITS COVERAGE VIOLATIONS OF B.P. BLG.22, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOUNCINGCHECKSLAW Section 1 of the Revised Rule on Summary Procedure (Resolution of the Court En Banc dated October 15, 1991),is amended as follows: "Section 1. Scope . This rule shall govern the summary procedure in the Metropolitan Trial Courts, the Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, the Municipal Trial Courts, and the Municipal Circuit Trial Courts in the following cases falling within their jurisdiction: TIESCA A. Civil Cases: xxx xxx xxx B. Criminal Cases: xxx xxx xxx 4. Violations of Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 (Bouncing Checks Law); SEIDAC 5. All other criminal cases where the penalty prescribed by law for the offense charged is imprisonment not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos (P1,000.00),or both, irrespective of other imposable penalties, accessory or otherwise, or of the civil liability arising therefrom: Provided, however , that in offenses involving damage to property through criminal negligence, this Rule shall govern where the imposable fine does not exceed ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00). This Rule shall not apply to a civil case where the plaintiff's cause of action is pleaded in the same complaint with another cause of action subject to the ordinary procedure; nor to a criminal case where the offense charged is necessarily related to another criminal case subject to the ordinary procedure."