CIRCULAR
NO. 22-93
TO:
THE COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, REGIONAL
TRIAL
COURTS, SHARI’AH DISTRICT COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL
TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL
COURTS AND SHARI’AH CIRCUIT COURTS
SUBJECT:
SECTION 18-A, AMENDMENT TO RULE 141.
For the information
and guidance of all concerned , quoted hereunder is the Resolution of
the
Court En Banc in Adm. Matter No. 93-2-036-SC.- Re: Proposed
amendment
to Rule 141 [Legal Fees] dated February 16, 1993, to wit:
"A.M. NO.
93-2-036-SC.-
Re: Proposed amendment to Rule 141 [Legal Fees]. - In
view of the
provision of Rep. Act 7309 establishing the Board of Claims for
individuals
who may have suffered unlawful imprisonment or violations, the Court
Resolved
to APPROVE the proposed amendment to Rule 141 by adding Sec. 18-A as
follows:
‘Sec.
18-A. In
addition to the fees imposed in the preceding sections, a
victim-compensation
fee of five ]P5.00] pesos pursuant to Rep. Act No.
7309
shall be assessed and collected for the filing of every complaint or
petition
initiating an ordinary civil action, or special proceedings in the
trial
courts including civil actions impliedly instituted with criminal
actions
under Rule 111, Revised Rules on Criminal Procedure where a filing fee
is likewise collected. All sums collected shall be remitted to the
Department
of Justice every quarter by the Clerk of Court concerned.’
"The
collection of this
fee shall begin fifteen [15] days after the publication of the proposed
amendment as published in a newspaper of general circulation."
The proposed
amendment
was published in the Manila Bulletin on March 24, 1993.
April 23, 1993.
[Sgd.]
ERNANI
CRUZ PAÑO
Court
Administrator
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