OCA CIRCULAR NO. 50-2005, May 03, 2005
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 50-2005, May 03, 2005
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TO:
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LL EXECUTIVE JUDGES AND PRESIDING JUDGES OF SPECIAL COURT FOR COMMERCIAL CASES AND CLERKS OF COURT OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS
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SUBJECT:
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DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL COURTS TO TAKE COGNIZANCE OF CASES INVOLVING ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAWS
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For the information and guidance of all concerned, quoted
hereunder is the pertinent portion of the Court En Bane resolution dated
12 April 2005 in Administrative Matter No. 05-4-05-SC Re: Request for
the Designation of Special Courts to Take Cognizance of Cases Involving
Admiralty and Maritime Laws, to wit:
“A.M. No. 05-4-05-SC- Re: Request for the Designation of Special
Courts to Take Cognizance of Cases Involving Admiralty and Maritime
Laws.- The Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Office of the
Court Administrator, to(a) DENY the request of the Maritime Law
Association of the Philippines for the designation of special courts in
the Regional Trial Courts in the Cities of Manila, Davao and Cebu to
exclusively take cognizance of cases involving admiralty and maritime
laws; and(b) DESIGNATE instead the Special Courts for Commercial Cases to try and decide cases involving admiralty and maritime laws.
In this connection and effective immediately, all cases
involving admiralty and maritime laws from the ordinary courts shall be
transferred to the designated Special Commercial Courts except those
which have already undergone the pre-trial stage in civil cases and
arraignment stage in criminal cases, in which case the same shall be
retained by the court previously assigned to try them. The unloaded
cases transferred to the Special Commercial Courts shall be considered
as raffled to them to maintain an equal distribution of cases.”For strict compliance.
__03__ May 2005.