CIRCULAR
NO. 56-2000
TO: THE COURT
OF TAX APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, 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.
SUBJECT: A.M.
No. 00-2-03-SC. RE: AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4, RULE 65 OF THE 1997
RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
For the information
and guidance of all concerned, quoted hereunder is the latest amendment
of Section 4 of Rule 65 of the 1997
Rules of Civil Procedure as amended by the Resolution of 21 July
1998,
approved by the Court En Banc in its resolution dated 1 August
2000
in A.M. No. 00-2-03-SC. (Reglementary Period to File Petitions for
Certiorari
and Petition for Review on Certiorari) to wit:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"RULE
65
Sec 4. When and
where petition filed. - The petition shall be filed not later than
sixty (60) days from notice of the judgment, order or resolution. In
case
a motion for reconsideration or new trial is timely filed, whether such
motion is required or not, the sixty (60) day period shall be counted
from
notice of the denial of the said motion.cralaw:red
The petition shall
be filed in the Supreme Court or, if it relates to the acts or
omissions
of a lower court or of a corporation, board, officer or person, in the
Regional Trial Court exercising jurisdiction over the territorial area
as defined by the Supreme Court. It may also be filed in the Court of
Appeals
whether or not the same is in aid of its appellate jurisdiction, or in
the Sandiganbayan, if it is in aid of its appellate jurisdiction. If it
involves the acts or omissions of a quasi-judicial agency, unless
otherwise
provided by law or these rules, the petition shall be filed in and
cognizable
only by the Court of Appeals.cralaw:red
No extension of time
to file the petition shall be granted except for compelling reason and
in no case exceeding fifteen (15) days. (4a)"
The resolution took
effect on September 1, 2000.cralaw:red
September 5, 2000.
[Sgd.]
ALFREDO
L. BENIPAYOCourt
Administrator
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