Dropping of the OCA Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts
The Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) issued Circular No. 247-2018, which instructs all judges and court clerks in the First and Second Level Courts of the Philippines to cease the submission of certain reports that are deemed redundant or unnecessary. The OCA Reportorial Committee identified several circulars with reporting requirements that have been integrated into other reports or were intended for one-time submission. Consequently, the circulars listed in the document are no longer required for compliance. This action aims to streamline court operations and reduce administrative burdens on lower courts across the nation.
Quick Answers
- What is Dropping of the OCA Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts about?
- The Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) issued Circular No. 247-2018, which instructs all judges and court clerks in the First and Second Level Courts of the Philippines to cease the submission of certain reports that are deemed redundant or unnecessary. The OCA Reportorial Committee identified several circulars with reporting requirements that have been integrated into other reports or were intended for one-time submission. Consequently, the circulars listed in the document are no longer required for compliance. This action aims to streamline court operations and reduce administrative burdens on lower courts across the nation.
- What type of law is OCA Circular No. 247-2018?
- Dropping of the OCA Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts (OCA Circular No. 247-2018) is a Philippine Supreme Court Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Dropping of the OCA Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts enacted?
- Dropping of the OCA Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts (OCA Circular No. 247-2018) was enacted on Nov 23, 2018.
- What is the citation for Dropping of the OCA Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts?
- Dropping of the OCA Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts, OCA Circular No. 247-2018, Nov 23, 2018 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- OCA Circular No. 247-2018
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Supreme Court Issuances
- Subcategory
- Office of the Court Administrator Circulars
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 23, 2018
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 247-2018
| TO | : | All Judges (Presiding/Acting Presiding/Assisting) and Branch Clerks of Court/Officers-in-Charge of the First and Second Level Courts Nationwide |
| SUBJECT | : | Dropping of the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts |
The OCA Reportorial Committee reviewed the issuances of the OCA relative to the submission of reports by the lower courts to determine which among those issuances will be recommended for dropping to streamline and simplify the reportorial requirements of said courts. SDHTEC
Relative thereto, the committee recommended the dropping of some OCA circulars considering that the reports required of by these issuances are already incorporated into other reports, or the required report is for "one-time submission and/or implementation" only.
In view of the foregoing, the submission of reports under the following OCA issuances is no longer required:
|
|
COURT ISSUANCE |
SUBJECT |
FREQUENCY OF REPORT |
SUBMITTED BY |
SUBMITTED TO |
|
1 |
OCA Circular No. 18-2002 dated June 20, 2002; |
Submission of Copies of Final Orders, Decisions, Warrants of Arrest and File Photographs Involving Cases of Illegal Recruitment |
- |
All Presiding Judges of the RTCs, MeTCs, MTCCs, MTCs and MCTCs |
Atty. Rosemarie G. Duquez, Director of Anti-Illegal Recruitment Branch, POEA |
|
2 |
OCA Circular No. 53-2009 dated May 13, 2009 |
Reiteration of OCA Circular No. 18-2002 dated June 20, 2002 |
- |
-do- |
-do- |
|
3 |
OCA Circular No. 46-2009 dated April 20, 2009 |
Reiteration of OCA Circular No. 103-2007 dated October 16, 2007 (Re: Compliance with Administrative Order No. 25-2007 dated March 1, 2007 on Mandatory Continuous Trial of Cases Involving Extra Judicial Killings of Political Ideologists and Members of Media) |
On or before the 10th day of the succeeding month |
All Judges and Clerks of Court of the Regional Trial Courts |
Office of the Court Administrator |
|
4 |
OCA Circular No. 14-2008 dated January 24, 2008 |
Monthly Report on Status of Cases Involving Terrorism |
On or before the tenth day of every month |
All Judges and Clerks of Court in the RTCs |
Office of the Court Administrator thru Court Management Office |
|
5 |
OCA Circular No. 34-2008 dated March 19, 2008 |
Inventory of All Environmental Cases |
Monthly |
Judges and Clerks of Court of the first and second level courts |
Court Management Office, OCA |
|
6 |
OCA Circular 43-2008 dated April 18, 2008 |
Submission of Data Regarding Smuggling and Other Customs Related Cases |
Within ten (10) days upon receipt of notice |
All Judges and Clerks of Court of the First and Second Level Courts |
Office of the Court Administrator thru Court Management Office |
|
7 |
OCA Circular No. 68-2009 dated June 4, 2009 |
Adopting an Ecological Solid Waste Management System in the First and Second Level Courts and Creating a Task Force for the Purpose |
Within thirty (30) days from notice |
All Judges of First and Second Level Courts |
Court Management Office, OCA |
|
8 |
OCA Circular 152-2009 dated October 28, 2009; OCA Circular No. 101-2005 dated October 6, 2005; |
Commitment of Juveniles in Conflict with the Law; Inventory on Conviction and its Sanction of Children in Conflict with the Law |
Every 10th day of January and every 10th day of July of each year |
All Judges of Family Courts; All Judges and Clerks of Court of Second level Courts |
Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council, 3rd Floor DOJ Agencies Building, NIA Road, Diliman 1100 Q.C., Metro Manila and Office of the Court Administrator |
|
9 |
OCA Circular No. 160-2009 dated November 10, 2009; OCA Circular No. 05-2006 dated January 13, 2006; OCA Circular No. 72-2003 dated June 16, 2003 |
Eviction and Demolition Cases Involving Urban Poor; Submission of Copies of Decision, Writs of Eviction/Demolition and/or Orders of Similar Report Issued in Cases Involving Urban Poor to the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) |
Five (5) days prior to its intended implementation |
All judges, clerks of courts, and sheriffs of the first and second level courts |
Furnish the Secretary General, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, 15th Floor, Banco de Oro Plaza, Paseo de Roxas St., Makati City |
|
10 |
OCA Circular No. 80-2013 dated June 25, 2013 |
Report on Cases Involving Violation of R.A. 9208, otherwise known as the "Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003," as amended by R.A. No. 10364 or the "Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012" |
Within twenty (20) days from receipt of notice |
All Judges and Clerks of Court of the RTCs |
Court Management Office, OCA, via regular mail or electronic mail at [email protected] |
|
11 |
OCA Circular No. 83-2013 dated June 27, 2013 |
Submission of Monthly Report of Cases Using the Approved New Forms under Administrative Circular No. 81-2012 dated September 17, 2012, in addition to the Monthly Report of Cases under Administrative Circular No. 4-2004 dated February 4, 2004 |
Beginning the month of June 2013 and on or before the tenth day of the succeeding month |
All Judges and Clerks of Court/Officers-In-Charge of the RTCs, MTCCs, MTCs and MCTCs |
Statistical Reports Division, CMO OCA |
|
12 |
OCA Circular No. 17-2014 dated June 27, 2013 |
Complete Addresses/Locations and Other Contact Information of the Lower Courts |
Within five (5) days from receipt of Circular |
All Judges and Clerks of Court of the First and Second Level Courts |
Court Management Office via courier or email at [email protected] |
|
13 |
OCA Circular No. 42-2014 dated March 20, 2014 |
Modification of OCA Circular No. 175-2009 dated December 18, 2009 (Submission of Monthly Report on the Status of Cases Involving Indigenous Cultural Communities [ICCs] and Indigenous Peoples [IPs]) |
On or before the tenth day of every month |
All Judges and Clerks of Court of the First and Second Level Courts |
Court Management Office via courier or email at [email protected] |
|
14 |
OCA Circular No. 250A-2016 dated December 5, 2016 |
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Circular No. 910 dated 22 April 2016 |
Submitted on or before 31 January 2017 |
All Clerks of Court of the First and Second Level Courts |
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – Cash Department |
|
15 |
OCA Circular No. 01-2017 dated January 9, 2017 |
Submission of Quarterly Reports by Regional Trial Courts ordered to hear, try and decide drugs cases |
End of the month following every quarter (starting October-December 2016) |
All Judges and concerned court personnel of the affected Regional Trial Courts |
SRD-CMO, OCA, via personal delivery, mail or email at [email protected] |
|
16 |
OCA Circular No. 33-2017 dated February 7, 2017 |
Implementation of Sections 11 and 12 of the Guidelines for Decongesting Holding Jails by Enforcing the Rights of Accused Persons to Bail and to Speedy Trial (A.M. No. 12-11-12-SC), in Relation with the Full Roll Out of Hustisyeah! In Hustisyeah! Courts (A.M. No. 13-04-11-SC) |
- |
Concerned Judges and Branch Clerks of Court of the First and the Second Level Courts in Cebu Province and the Provinces in Judicial Region 4-A under the Hustisyeah! Project |
Office of the Court Administrator by electronic mail at [email protected] |
For your information, guidance and strict compliance. HSAcaE
(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZCourt Administrator
Cite This Law
Dropping of the OCA Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts, OCA Circular No. 247-2018, Nov 23, 2018 (Philippines)
Dropping of the OCA Circulars Requiring the Submission of Reports by the First and Second Level Courts, OCA Circular No. 247-2018 (Phil. 2018)
Related Laws
- Reiteration of the Directive in OCA Circular No. 162-2020 Dated 25 September 2020 (Re: Use of Official Philippine Judiciary Office 365 Accounts for Dissemination of Administrative Orders, Circulars and Other Court Issuances, and Submission of Court Reports)OCA Circular No. 185-2022 • Jul 19, 2022 • Supreme Court Issuances
- Use of Official Philippine Judiciary Office 365 Accounts for Dissemination of Administrative Orders, Circulars and Other Court Issuances, and Submission of Court ReportsOCA Circular No. 162-2020 • Sep 25, 2020 • Supreme Court Issuances
- Dropping of the Old Forms in the Submission of the Monthly Reports of Cases and the Submission of the New Forms via Electronic Mail (Email) Starting January 2018OCA Circular No. 11-2018 • Jan 17, 2018 • Supreme Court Issuances
- Reiterating Security Protocol for the First and Second Level CourtsOCA Circular No. 08-13 • Jan 24, 2013 • Supreme Court Issuances
- Non-Submission of Weekly Videoconferencing Hearing ReportsOCA Circular No. 82-2021 • Jun 19, 2021 • Supreme Court Issuances
- Revised Interim Guidelines for the Implementation of the Judiciary Electronic Payment Solution (JEPS) in All First Level Courts and Forty-Four (44) Pilot Second Level CourtsOCA Circular No. 290-2022-A • Dec 1, 2022 • Supreme Court Issuances
Browse More Supreme Court Issuances
Explore other laws in the Supreme Court Issuances category.
View All Supreme Court IssuancesNeed Help Understanding This Law?
Ask our AI assistant to explain provisions, implications, or related laws.
Ask AI About This Law