Prohibition Against Use of Halls of Justice for Residential or Commercial Purposes

August 31, 1992

SUPREME COURT ADMINISTRATIVE CIRCULAR NO. 3-92

 

All judges and court personnel are hereby reminded that the Halls of Justice may be used for purposes directly related to the functioning and operation of the courts of justice, and may not be devoted to any other use, least of all as residential quarters of the judges or court personnel, or for carrying on therein any trade or profession.

Attention is drawn to A.M. No. RTJ-89-327 (Nellie Kelly Austria vs. Judge Singuat Guerra), a case involving unauthorized and improper use of the court's premises for dwelling purposes by respondent and his family, in which the Court, by resolution date October 17, 1991, found respondent Judge guilty of irresponsible and improper conduct prejudicial to the efficient administration of justice and best interest of the service, and imposed on him the penalty of SERVICE CENSURE, the Court declaring that such use of the court's premises inevitably degrades the honor and dignity of the court in addition to exposing judicial records to danger of loss or damage. cd

FOR STRICT COMPLIANCE.

August 31, 1992.

(SGD.) ANDRES R. NARVASAChief Justice