Indication of Payment of Annual Membership Dues to IBP in All Pleadings, Motions and Papers to be Filed in Court
OCA Circular No. 10-85, issued on July 24, 1985, mandates that all lawyers in the Philippines must include the number and date of their official receipt for payment of annual membership dues to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in all court pleadings, motions, and papers filed, effective August 1, 1985. This requirement ensures that compliance with membership dues is verified and recorded in legal documents. Lawyers can use the receipt from the current year until the end of February of the following year for this purpose. Strict adherence to this directive is expected from all concerned parties.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- OCA Circular No. 10-85
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Supreme Court Issuances
- Subcategory
- Office of the Court Administrator Circulars
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 24, 1985
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 10-85
| TO | : | Intermediate Appellate Court, Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax Appeals, Regional Trial Courts, Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts |
| SUBJECT | : | Inclusion of Number and Date of Official Receipt of Payment of Annual Membership Dues to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in All Pleadings, Motions and Papers to be Filed in Court |
For the information and guidance of all concerned, quoted hereunder is the Resolution En Banc of this Court, dated July 9, 1985 in Bar Matter No. 287, to wit:
"Effective August 1, 1985, all lawyers shall indicate in all pleadings, motions and papers signed and filed by them in any court in the Philippines, the number and date of their official receipt indicating payment of their annual membership dues to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines for the current year; provided, however, that such official receipt number and date for any year may be availed of and indicated in all such pleadings, motions and papers filed by them in court up to the end of the month of February of the next succeeding year."
Strict compliance herewith is hereby enjoined.
July 24, 1985.
(SGD.) ARTURO B. BUENAActing Court Administrator
Cite This Law
Indication of Payment of Annual Membership Dues to IBP in All Pleadings, Motions and Papers to be Filed in Court, OCA Circular No. 10-85, Jul 24, 1985 (Philippines)
Indication of Payment of Annual Membership Dues to IBP in All Pleadings, Motions and Papers to be Filed in Court, OCA Circular No. 10-85 (Phil. 1985)
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