Resolution dated 16 August 2022 of the Court En Banc in A.M. No. 21-07-22-SC Relative to Administrative Order No. 226-2022 Dated 11 August 2022

October 12, 2022

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 284-2022

 

Pursuant to the Resolution dated 16 August 2022 in A.M. No. 21-07-22-SC (Re: Proposed Rule on Facilitated Naturalization for Refugees and Stateless Persons), the Court en banc approved and issued Administrative Order No. 226-2022 dated 11 August 2022 (Re: Guidelines on the Implementation of the Alternative Publication on the Official Website of the Supreme Court of Petitions for Naturalization Involving Refugees and Stateless Persons). Following its publication on 08 October 2022 in the Manila Bulletin, the aforesaid Guidelines, herein attached as Annex "A", took effect immediately.

Quoted below are several of the salient provisions of the Guidelines:

SEC. 2. Duty of Clerk of Court. — Upon the filing of the petition for naturalization, the Office of the Clerk of Court (in multiple sala courts) or the Branch Clerk of Court (in single sala courts) shall ascertain the preferred mode of publication of the petitioner. The petitioner (or the duly authorized representative) shall accomplish a form (herein provided as Form 1) to indicate the preferred mode of publication.

SEC. 3. Transmission of Request. — Within ten (10) days from the finding by the naturalization court that the petition is sufficient in form and substance, if the petitioner (or the duly authorized representative) chooses publication through the SC Website, the Branch Clerk of Court shall prepare a Transmittal Form (herein provided as Form 2) and a Scanned Copy of the Petition. The Branch Clerk of Court shall use the official judiciary e-mail account of the naturalization court in sending the Transmittal Form and the Scanned Copy of the Petition to the official e-mail addresses of the: (a) Supreme Court Public Information Office ("PIO") as indicated on the SC Website; and, (b) the petitioner (or the duly authorized representative), if an e-mail address is provided in the petition for naturalization.

SEC. 4. Publication. — Upon finding the Transmittal Form and Scanned Copy of the petition to be in order, the PIO shall cause the publication of the petition on the SC Website for three (3) consecutive weeks. The SC Website shall have a dedicated page exclusively for the publication of petitions for naturalization. Any opposition to the petition shall be submitted directly to the naturalization court. The PIO shall send via e-mail the hyperlink of the published petition for naturalization to the: (a) official judiciary e-mail account of the naturalization court concerned; (b) Office of the Solicitor General ("OSG"); and, (c) the petitioner (or the duly authorized representative), if an e-mail address is provided in the petition for naturalization.

SEC. 5. Certificate. — Upon the completion of the publication for three (3) consecutive weeks, the PIO shall issue a Certification of Publication (herein provided as Form 3). The Certification of Publication shall be sent through electronic mail to the: (a) official judiciary e-mail account of the naturalization court concerned; (b) OSG; and, (c) petitioner (or the duly authorized representative), if an e-mail address is indicated in the petition for naturalization.

For information, guidance, and strict observance.

(SGD.) JENNY LIND R. ALDECOA-DELORINODeputy Court Administrator

ANNEX A

Administrative Order No. 226