PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT CIRCULARS - CHAN ROBLES VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY

TO: ALL JUDGES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, THE METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, THE MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, THE MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS AND THE MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS

SUBJECT: GUIDELINES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 99-1-04-SC DATED 2 FEBRUARY 1999 OF THE SUPREME COURT EN BANC.

These guidelines are issued in implementation of the provisions of Resolution No. 99-1-04-SC dated 2 February 1999 of the Supreme Court En Banc granting incentives to judges who are given additional duty of hearing and deciding cases of other branches of their court or of other courts of the same level.

A. Judges of the Regional Trial Courts:
[1] A judge who has been officially designated as Acting Presiding Judge by the Supreme Court to handle the cases of an additional or another court/sala; [2] A pairing judge (under the pairing system for multiple sala stations pursuant to the provisions of Circular No. 7 dated 23 September 1974 as amended by Circular No. 19-98 dated 18 February 1998) who takes cognizance of the cases of his paired sala; and [3] An assisting judge officially designated to assist the presiding judge/acting presiding judge of an another court/sala.
     B. Judges of the Metropolitan Trial Courts, the Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, the Municipal Trial Courts and the Municipal Circuit Trial Courts:
    [1] A judge who has been officially designated as Acting Presiding Judge by the Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court to handle the cases in other courts/salas; and [2] An assisting judge officially designated to assist the presiding judge/acting presiding judge of an another sala.
       C. Voucher with the required signatures of the claimant and/or the officials concerned.

4. Non-pairing judges shall submit the following documents in support of claims for the additional expense allowance and monthly hardship allowance:

A. Certified true copies each of (1) the designation of the claimant by the Supreme Court; or (2) the official designation issued by the Executive Judge;

B. Copies of the calendar of hearing and minutes certified by the Clerk of Court or Branch Clerk of Court, as the case may be, of the court wherein the claimant performed additional duties; and

C. Voucher with the required signatures of the claimant and/or the officials concerned.
5. Assisting judges shall submit the following documents in support of claims for the additional expense allowance and monthly hardship allowance:
    A. Certified true copy of the designation of the claimant by the Supreme Court;

B. Copies of the calendar of hearing and minutes certified by the Clerk of Court or Branch Clerk of Court, as the case may be, of the court wherein the claimant performed additional duties; and

C. Voucher with the required signatures of the claimant and/or the officials concerned.

6. The provisions of these guidelines shall take effect immediately.

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