Inventory of Hold-Departure Orders

June 27, 2013

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 84-13

 

Acting on information received from the Bureau of Immigration that they have been receiving copies of decisions of acquittal and orders of dismissal from various courts which fail to include the cancellation of the Hold-Departure orders previously issued therein, all Regional Trial Courts are hereby DIRECTED to immediately conduct an inventory of cases wherein a Hold-Departure Order has been issued and subsequently cancelled by reason of the judgment of acquittal or the order of dismissal of the case with respect to the party subject of the Hold-Departure Order.

In the event that the inventory conducted would reveal that the issued Hold-Departure order has not been cancelled despite the judgment of acquittal/order of dismissal of the case, the concerned court is DIRECTED to forthwith issue the appropriate order cancelling or lifting the Hold-Departure Order and furnish the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Bureau of Immigration with a copy of said order within twenty-four (24) hours from its promulgation/issuance and through the fastest available means of transmittal.

In this regard, all concerned courts are enjoined to strictly comply with the provisions of Circular No. 39-97 (Guidelines in the Issuance of Hold-Departure Orders) which continue to remain in force.

For strict compliance. SEIacA

 

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZCourt Administrator