Extension of Filing Periods for Pleadings/Court Submissions for Courts in the National Capital Judicial Region and Nearby Provinces Placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine from March 29 to April 4, 2021
The Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 14-2021 extends the filing periods for court pleadings and submissions in the National Capital Judicial Region and nearby provinces due to the Enhanced Community Quarantine from March 29 to April 4, 2021. Filings due between March 29 and March 31 will receive a three-day extension, effective from April 5, 2021. Urgent matters can still be filed during this period after confirming their urgency with the respective court. Non-urgent court actions scheduled during this timeframe are suspended and will be rescheduled. All previous regulations that do not conflict with this circular remain in effect.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 14-2021
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Supreme Court Issuances
- Subcategory
- Administrative Circulars
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 28, 2021
SUPREME COURT ADMINISTRATIVE CIRCULAR NO. 14-2021
| TO | : | All Concerned Litigants, Justices, Judges, Personnel of the Judiciary, and Members of the Bar |
| RE | : | Extension of Filing Periods for Pleadings/Court Submissions for Courts in the National Capital Judicial Region and Nearby Provinces Placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine from March 29 to April 4, 2021 |
Considering that the National Capital Region and nearby provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal have been placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine beginning March 29 until April 4, 2021, the filing periods of pleadings and other court submissions that fall due during the period from March 29 to March 31, 2021 are hereby EXTENDED for three (3) calendar days, counted from April 5, 2021. However, lawyers/litigants may file their pleadings/court submissions on URGENT MATTERS during the period of March 29 to March 31, 2021, provided that they first communicate with the proper court through its hotline or email address as published in the Supreme Court website, i.e., https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/hotlines, to confirm that the matter being raised is indeed urgent. If the matter is deemed urgent, only then will the court receive the pleading/court submission and act on such urgent matter.
Meanwhile, court actions which are not urgent, such as but not limited to promulgations of judgments in civil cases, services of summons, auction sales in extrajudicial foreclosures, solemnizations of marriages, etc., scheduled during the period of March 29 to March 31, 2021 are hereby SUSPENDED and shall be rescheduled.
All prior issuances not inconsistent herewith shall remain valid and in effect.
(SGD.) ESTELA M. PERLAS-BERNABEActing Chief Justice
Cite This Law
Extension of Filing Periods for Pleadings/Court Submissions for Courts in the National Capital Judicial Region and Nearby Provinces Placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine from March 29 to April 4, 2021, Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 14-2021, Mar 28, 2021 (Philippines)
Extension of Filing Periods for Pleadings/Court Submissions for Courts in the National Capital Judicial Region and Nearby Provinces Placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine from March 29 to April 4, 2021, Supreme Court Administrative Circular No. 14-2021 (Phil. 2021)
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