SC CIRCULAR NO. 26-2000, March 23, 2000
SC CIRCULAR NO. 26-2000, March 23, 2000
| TO: | 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 |
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| SUBJECT: | TRANSFER OF NATIONAL PRISONERS TO THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS IN MUNTINLUPA CITY |
Reports have been received by this Office that notwithstanding the
issuance of Circular No. 4-93-A dated 20 April 1992, some judges still
do not issue mittimuses for the transfer of national prisoners to the
New Bilibid Prison of the Bureau of Corrections in Muntinlupa City.
Transfer of national prisoners could not be effected without the
necessary court mittimus or commitment order to national prisons.
For this purpose, prisoners detained at or confined in
provincial, city and municipal jails and sentenced by lower courts to
prison terms exceeding three (3) years, whether or not they have
appealed, are considered national prisoners.[*]
In view thereof, and in order to decongest provincial, city and
municipal jails, all trial judges concerned are hereby directed to issue
the corresponding mittimuses or commitment orders of national prisoners
immediately after their conviction so that they may be remitted or
transferred to the New Bilibid Prison of the Bureau of Corrections in
Muntinlupa City.
23 March 2000.
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(Sgd.)ALFREDO L. BENIPAYO
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Court Administrator
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[*] Under Presidential
Decree No. 29, prisoners sentenced to not more than one (1) year are
classified as municipal prisoners; those sentenced to one (1) year and
one (1) day to not more than three (3) years are classified as
city/provincial prisoners; and those sentenced to more than three (3)
years and one (1) day and above are classified as national prisoners.