SC CIRCULAR NO. 19-98, February 18, 1998
SC CIRCULAR NO. 19-98, February 18, 1998
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF ADMINISTRATOR
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ALL JUDGES OF THE |
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EXPANDED AUTHORITY OF PAIRING COURTS
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In the interest of efficient administration of justice, the
authority of the pairing judge under Circular No. 7, dated September 23,
1974, (Pairing System for Multiple Sala Stations) to act on incidental
or interlocutory matters and those urgent matters requiring immediate
action on cases pertaining to the paired court shall henceforth be
expanded to include all other matters. Thus, whenever a vacancy occurs
by reason of resignation, dismissal, suspension, retirement, death, or
prolonged absence of the presiding judge in a multi-sala station, the
judge of the paired court shall take cognizance of all the cases thereat
as acting judge therein until the appointment and assumption to duty of
the regular judge or the designation of an acting presiding judge or
the return of the regular incumbent judge, or until further orders from
this Court.
For this purpose, the provisions of Circular No. 7, September 23, 1974, inconsistent with this Circular are hereby amended.
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(SGD.) ANDRES NARVASA |
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Chief Justice
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