OCA CIRCULAR NO. 78-2005, July 29, 2005
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 78-2005, July 29, 2005
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TO:
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ALL EXECUTIVE JUDGES AND CLERKS OF COURT |
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SUBJECT:
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EN BANC RESOLUTION A.M. NO. 01-1-07-SC DATED 16 OCTOBER 2001, PRESCRIBING THE GUIDELINES IN THE ACCREDITATION OF NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS SEEKING TO PUBLISH JUDICIAL AND LEGAL NOTICES AND OTHER SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND IN THE RAFFLE THEREOF
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The Office of the Court Administrator has been receiving numerous
anonymous letters that there are still some Clerks of Courts who are not
complying with En Bane Resolution A.M. NO. 01- 1-07-SC dated 16 October
2001, particularly under Section 10 of the said resolution, that is:
“SEC. 10. Requirement of raffle.- All notices,
announcements and advertisements subject hereof shall be distributed for
publication to accredited newspapers or periodicals by raffle. No such notices, announcements and advertisements may be assigned for publication without being raffled.The raffle of judicial or legal notices for publication shall be included in the regular raffle of
cases, provided that special raffles may be conducted for notices that
need to be published before the regular raffle could be conducted.The posting of judicial notices for
publication, the raffle procedure and the publication of the results
thereof shall be conducted in the same manner as the rattle of cases as
provided in the Manual for Clerks of Court All accredited newspapers or
periodicals shall as much as possible be assigned an equal number of
notices to publish but the same must be done thru raffle. (Emphasis
supplied.)Considering the importance of the publications of judicial
notices and other similar announcement, it is incumbent upon the
judiciary to implement regulations to see to it that the conduct of the
same including the raffle thereof should therefore be protected and
guarded against from any attempt of scheming parties to manipulate its
conduct and implementation.With this in mind, our Supreme Court has issued circulars and
other issuances regulating the publication of judicial notices,
advertisement for public biddings, notices of auction sales and other
similar notices to ensure uniform compliance and to protect the interest
of the public, in general, and of litigants, in particular.For that matter, all Executive Judges and Clerks of Court are
again reminded to take special attention to En Bane Resolution A.M. NO.
01-1-07-SC dated 16 October 2001, prescribing the Guidelines in the
Accreditation of Newspapers and Periodicals seeking to Publish Judicial
and Legal Notices and Other Similar Announcements and in the Raffle
thereof.STRICT COMPLIANCE HEREWITH IS HEREBY ENJOINED.
__29__ July 2005.