SC CIRCULAR NO. 38-94, June 06, 1994

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR

To enhance the credibility of the Philippine passport, the
Office of Consular Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs is updating the
Look-Out List containing the name:of persons recommended by various courts for
inclusion in the Hold Order List.

To maintain integrity of the decisions and orders of the court
decreeing such inclusions, and as a measure of cooperation with the Department
of Foreign Affairs in the pursuit of its objectives, all Judges of the Regional
Trial Courts, Shari’a District Courts, Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal
Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts, Municipal Circuit Trial Courts
and Shari’a Circuit Courts are hereby directed:

1. to conduct an inventory of all cases where ‘a hold departure
   order has been issued against a party or parties; and

2. to prepare a list of all active and/or -evoked hold departure
   orders and/or decisions, which, list shall contain:

   a) the complete name of the person whose departure from the
   country has been enjoined including the middle name;

   b) the complete title and the docket numbers of the case in
   which the order was issued;

   c) the nature of the case;

   d) the date of the hold departure order and/or decision;
   and

   e) the date and place of birth of the person subject of the
   order, if available from the case record.

Compliance with the directive, within forty five (45) days from
receipt is enjoined.

June 6, 1994.