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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 109 -
PROVIDING MEASURES FOR THE SPEEDY DISPOSITION OF CASES FILED BEFORE ALL
QUASI-JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT
For the purpose of speedy disposition of
cases filed before all quasi-judicial and other administrative agencies
of the government, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
1.
Unless a different period is provided by law, all proceedings for the
reception of evidence in quasi-judicial and other administrative
agencies performing adjudicatory functions shall be terminated within a
period of three (3) months from the first day of hearing and may be
sentenced only for the most exigent reasons and upon the written
permission of the head of the department or agency concerned.
2.
All officials in quasi-judicial and other administrative agencies
performing adjudicatory functions shall certify, that all motions,
where allowed, cases or matters which have been submitted for
resolution, decision or determination for a period of ninety (90) days
or more, inclusive of the filing of Memoranda, if any, unless a shorter
period is required by law or rules and regulations, have been decided
or resolved on or before the date said certification is made. No leave
shall be granted and no salary shall be paid without such
certification.
This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 23rd day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-nine.
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