Records Disposal Orientation and Consultation
OCA Circular No. 153-15, issued on July 22, 2015, directs the Office of the Court Administrator to conduct orientations and consultations on records disposal for judges and clerks of First and Second Level Courts across various regions in the Philippines. These sessions are scheduled in multiple cities, starting from July 31 to August 31, 2015, to implement guidelines related to the disposal of court records and documents. The Court Administrator will coordinate with executive judges to finalize the schedules and venues. This initiative is in line with a previous resolution aimed at streamlining the handling of long-decided cases and unnecessary court documents.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- OCA Circular No. 153-15
- 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 22, 2015
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 153-15
| TO | : | The Executive Judges, The Presiding Judges of Single Sala Regional Trial Courts and the Clerks of Court of the Office of the Clerk of Court of the First and Second Level Courts |
| SUBJECT | : | Records Disposal Orientation and Consultation |
Pursuant to the Resolution of the Court en banc in A.M. No. 07-3-09-SC, 1 dated 30 June 2015, particularly paragraph 1 thereof, directing the Office of the Court Administrator to "conduct orientations and consultations with the Judges of the First and Second Level Courts per region on the implementation of these guidelines," the orientations and consultations in the different regions will be held in the following cities, as follows:
|
Region
|
Venue
|
Tentative Date & Time
|
| Region I | Dagupan City, | 7 Aug. 2015, 1:00 pm |
| Pangasinan | ||
| Region II | Tuguegarao City, | 20 Aug. 2015,1:00 pm |
| Cagayan | ||
| Region III | Angeles City, Pampanga | 28 Aug. 2015, 12:00 nn |
| Region IVA | Tagaytay City, Cavite | 4 Aug. 2015, 1:30 pm |
| (except Batangas) | ||
| Region IVB | Batangas City, Batangas | 11 Aug. 2015, 1:00 pm |
| (and Batangas) | ||
| NCJR | Manila City | 20 Aug. 2015, 1:30 pm |
| Region V | Legazpi City, Bicol | 13 Aug. 2015, 12:00 nn |
| Region VI | Iloilo City, Iloilo | 7 Aug. 2015, 11:30 am |
| Region VII | Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu | 6 Aug. 2015, 12:00 nn |
| Region VIII | Tacloban City, Leyte | 14 Aug. 2015, 11:00am |
| Region IX | Dipolog City, | 13 Aug. 2015, 1:00 pm |
| Zamboanga del Norte | ||
| Region X | Cagayan de Oro City, | 18 Aug. 2015, 1:00 pm |
| (and Surigao del | Misamis Oriental | |
| Sur) | ||
| Region XI | Davao City, | 31 Jul. 2015, 1:00 pm |
| (except Sarangani, | Davao del Sur | |
| South Cotabato, | ||
| and Surigao del | ||
| Sur) | ||
| Region XII | General Santos City | 25 Aug. 2015, 1:00 pm |
| (and Sarangani | ||
| and South | ||
| Cotabato) |
The Court Administrator will get in touch with the executive judges in the key cities nationwide for coordination as to the final schedule and venue of the orientations and consultations. A subsequent issuance addressed to the executive judges in the different regions will be released by the Office of the Court Administrator regarding the matter.
For your information and guidance. DETACa
(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZCourt Administrator
Footnotes
1. (Re: Proposed Guidelines in the Disposition and/or Destruction of Court Records, Papers, and Exhibits [Re: Simplified Guidelines for Disposing of Records of Long-Decided Cases and Unneeded Documents and Papers]). Please see OCA Circular No. 142-2015 dated 9 July 2015, available at http://oca.judiciary.gov.ph/.
Cite This Law
Records Disposal Orientation and Consultation, OCA Circular No. 153-15, Jul 22, 2015 (Philippines)
Records Disposal Orientation and Consultation, OCA Circular No. 153-15 (Phil. 2015)
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