Implementation of the Enhanced E-Warrant System
OCA Circular No. 229-2022 mandates the implementation of the Enhanced E-Warrant System across all first and second level courts in the Philippines. This initiative, authorized by the Supreme Court in 2020, aims to automate the process of issuing warrants of arrest, transitioning from a manual to an electronic system. The enhanced system is designed to improve the efficiency and timeliness of warrant issuance, facilitating real-time monitoring. All judges and court personnel are required to comply with this directive.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- OCA Circular No. 229-2022
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Supreme Court Issuances
- Subcategory
- Office of the Court Administrator Circulars
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 5, 2022
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 229-2022
| TO | : | All Judges and Concerned Personnel of the First and Second Level Courts |
| SUBJECT | : | Implementation of the Enhanced E-Warrant System |
Pursuant to the Resolution of the Court en banc dated 28 July 2020 in A.M. No. 20-07-11-SC, 1 which authorized the implementation of the Enhanced e-Warrant System in order to fully automate the courts' current manual process of issuing warrants of arrest, and considering that several trainings had been conducted on the Enhanced e-Warrant System, 2 all first and second level courts nationwide are hereby ENJOINED to implement and use the Enhanced e-Warrant System by electronically encoding, generating, and transmitting e-warrants for a more effective and timely service enabling real-time monitoring of issued warrants of arrest.
For strict compliance.
(SGD.) RAUL B. VILLANUEVACourt Administrator
Footnotes
1. Re: Memorandum of Agreement on the Enhanced e-Warrant System, A.M. No. 20-07-11-SC, 28 July 2020.
2. OCA Circular No. 188-2020 dated 26 November 2020 and OCA Circular No. 149A-2022 dated 16 June 2022.
Cite This Law
Implementation of the Enhanced E-Warrant System, OCA Circular No. 229-2022, Sep 5, 2022 (Philippines)
Implementation of the Enhanced E-Warrant System, OCA Circular No. 229-2022 (Phil. 2022)
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