An Act Designating Certain Duties to Stenographers of the Courts of Justice, and for Other Purposes
Act No. 2383, enacted on February 28, 1914, outlines the responsibilities of court stenographers in the Philippines regarding the transcription of notes for appeals in civil, criminal, or registration matters. It mandates that stenographers attach a transcript of their notes to the appeal record without charging a fee for this service. However, they may charge a fee for additional copies requested by individuals, set at thirty centavos per hundred words before the appeal is allowed and fifteen centavos thereafter. The law emphasizes its necessity for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2383
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 28, 1914
ACT NO. 2383
AN ACT DESIGNATING CERTAIN DUTIES TO STENOGRAPHERS OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Whenever an appeal is allowed by a Court of First Instance or by the Court of Land Registration, in a civil, criminal or registration matter, or special proceeding, it shall be the duty of the clerk of such court to direct the stenographer or stenographers of such courts to attach, and said stenographer or stenographers shall attach, to the record of the case appealed a transcript of the stenographic notes taken during the trial of the case: Provided, That said stenographer or stenographers shall not charge any thing for such transcription.
SECTION 2. Stenographers shall also give such transcript of such notes to every person requesting same upon payment of (a) thirty centavos for each hundred words, before the appeal is allowed by the proper courts, and (b) fifteen centavos for the same number of words after such allowance. cSaATC
SECTION 3. The public good requiring the enactment of this law the same shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, February 28, 1914.
Cite This Law
An Act Designating Certain Duties to Stenographers of the Courts of Justice, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2383, Feb 28, 1914 (Philippines)
An Act Designating Certain Duties to Stenographers of the Courts of Justice, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 2383 (Phil. 1914)
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