ADMINISTRATIVE
CIRCULAR NO. 9-2000STRICT
COMPLIANCE
WITH ADMINISTRATIVE
CIRCULAR NO. 1-2000On
17 February 2000, the Chief Justice issued Administrative
Circular No. 1-2000 directing all trial judges to faithfully
observe
or implement the last paragraph of Article
29 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, and enjoining them
to:
[1]
Conduct an accurate inventory of all criminal cases in their courts,
indicating
therein for each case: (a) the crime charged; (b) the possible maximum
imprisonment; (c) the dates of the filing of the information or
complaint;
(d) whether the accused is bonded or detained; (e) if accused is
detained,
the place of detention and the date when the detention has commenced;
(f)
the date of the arraignment; and (g) the current status of the
case; [2]
Direct the wardens of jails or detention centers where the accused in
the
aforementioned cases are detained to submit status reports indicating
thereon:
(1) whether the accused is serving his sentence or under preventive
imprisonment;
(2) if accused is serving his sentence, the title of the case, the date
of the promulgation of judgment and the date when he has started to
serve
his sentence; and (3) if merely under preventive imprisonment, the
title
of the case, the crime for which he is being detained, and the date of
his commitment for preventive imprisonment; and
[3]
Order the release from detention of any accused who is already entitled
to such release under the last paragraph of Article
29 of the Revised Penal Code, or who has already served his
sentence,
as the case may be, unless the release is unwarranted by reason of any
lawful ground or cause.
This
required inventory should have been submitted to the Office of the
Chief
Justice not later than 15 April 2000.
So far,
only very few judges have complied with the Circular.
Some of them were able to do so only after obtaining extensions of time
within which to submit the inventory.
The
Judges who failed and continue to fail to comply with Administrative
Circular No. 1-2000 are hereby given until 30 November 2000 within
which to do so.
Failure
to comply with this directive may constitute a ground for disciplinary
action.
The
Court Administrator, in coordination with the Deputy Court
Administrators
and Assistant Court Administrators who are assigned to the different
Judicial
Regions, shall strictly implement this Administrative Circular which
shall
take effect upon its issuance. They should report to the Office of the
Chief Justice that this Administrative Circular has been disseminated
to
all the Judges not later than 25 October 2000.
Issued
this 13th day of October, 2000.
[Sgd.]
HILARIO
G. DAVIDEChief
Justice
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