Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level
OCA Circular No. 12-99, issued on February 25, 1999, provides guidelines for judges in the Philippines who are assigned additional duties of hearing and deciding cases from other branches of their courts or other courts of the same level. These judges are entitled to an additional daily expense allowance of ?500, capped at ?6,000 per month, to be charged against the savings of the respective courts. Additionally, they will receive a monthly hardship allowance of ?500 for each extra branch assigned, which is sourced from the Judiciary Development Fund. This resolution aims to compensate judges for their increased workload due to vacancies in other branches.
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- What is Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level about?
- OCA Circular No. 12-99, issued on February 25, 1999, provides guidelines for judges in the Philippines who are assigned additional duties of hearing and deciding cases from other branches of their courts or other courts of the same level. These judges are entitled to an additional daily expense allowance of ?500, capped at ?6,000 per month, to be charged against the savings of the respective courts. Additionally, they will receive a monthly hardship allowance of ?500 for each extra branch assigned, which is sourced from the Judiciary Development Fund. This resolution aims to compensate judges for their increased workload due to vacancies in other branches.
- What type of law is OCA Circular No. 12-99?
- Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level (OCA Circular No. 12-99) is a Philippine Supreme Court Issuances enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level enacted?
- Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level (OCA Circular No. 12-99) was enacted on Feb 25, 1999.
- What is the citation for Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level?
- Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level, OCA Circular No. 12-99, Feb 25, 1999 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- OCA Circular No. 12-99
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Supreme Court Issuances
- Subcategory
- Office of the Court Administrator Circulars
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 25, 1999
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 12-99
| TO | : | The Judges of the Regional Trial Courts, Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts |
| SUBJECT | : | Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level |
For the information and guidance of all concerned, quoted hereunder is the resolution of the Court En Banc dated February 2, 1999 in A.M. No. 99-1-04-SC — Re: Granting Incentives to Judges who are given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of other Branches of their Courts or of other Courts of the same Level.
"Effective immediately, Judges of Regional Trial Courts (RTC), Metropolitan Trial Courts (MeTC), Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts (MTC) and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts (MCTC) who are given additional assignment of hearing and deciding cases of other branches of the RTC, MeTC or MTCC, or of other MTC or MCTC, as the case may be, shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance at the rate of Five Hundred (P500) a day for every day rendered in the other branch or branches but in no case to exceed Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000) a month, and chargeable against the regular appropriations for representation and travel allowances for such other branch or branches which are deemed savings in such item for the duration of the vacancy of such branch or branches.
In addition to the foregoing, such judges shall be given a monthly hardship allowance of Five Hundred Pesos (P500) for every additional branch that is assigned to them, chargeable against the savings of the lower courts or the Judiciary Development Fund.
City of Manila, 2 February 1999."
February 25, 1999.
(SGD.) ALFREDO L. BENIPAYOCourt Administrator
Cite This Law
Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level, OCA Circular No. 12-99, Feb 25, 1999 (Philippines)
Granting Incentives to Judges Who Are Given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of their Courts or of Other Courts of the Same Level, OCA Circular No. 12-99 (Phil. 1999)
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