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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 200
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 200 -
AMENDING Section 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3870, ENTITLED "AN ACT DEFINING
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE U.P. LAW CENTER, PROVIDING FOR ITS FINANCING AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
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WHEREAS, in
line with Letter of Implementation No. 2, dated September 29, 1972,
issued pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1 dated September 24, 1972,
reorganizing the Executive Branch of the National Government, the
functions of the Code Commission, together with its subordinate
personnel, were transferred to the U.P. Law Center;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, by virtue of the Government Reorganization, the Public Service
Commission has been transferred to the Department of Public Works,
Transportation and Communications, from the Department of Justice,
thereby removing one of the steadiest and more productive source of
funding for the U.P. Law Center;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, prior to the promulgation of Proclamation No. 1081 dated
September 21, 1972, there was pending before the Senate of the
Philippines on third reading, after having been previously approved by
the House of Representatives on third reading, a bill entitled —chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"An Act Requiring the U.P. Law Center to Furnish the Supreme Court, the
Court of Appeals and Every Branch of the Court of First Instance and
the City and Municipal Courts, the Committee on Judiciary and the
Committee on Public Order and Security of the House of Representatives,
Including All Administrative or Special Agencies or Courts Subject to
the Supervision of the Department of Justice and the Library of
Congress a Copy Each of its Survey of the Philippine Law and
Jurisprudence and Proceedings of the Judicial Conferences Undertaken by
it, Amending for the purpose Section Four of Republic Act Numbered
Thirty-Eight Hundred Seventy;"
WHEREAS, the U.P. Law Center will be required to furnish, free of
charge, five times a year, at least 4,500 copies of the publications
undertaken by it to the government officials and functionaries
mentioned herein, which will entail quite a considerable amount of
money considering the increased cost of publication and printing; and
WHEREAS, in view of the enlarged functions of the U.P. Law Center,
there is a necessity for this institution to be adequately funded in
order that it may continue to render vital services to our courts, the
members of the bench and bar and various legal institutions in
Philippine society and contribute to the enrichment of our
jurisprudence;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order
No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, do hereby decree and order as part of
the law of the land the following amendments to Section 4 of Republic
Act No. 3870:cralaw:red
"Sec. 4. In order to provide for the support of the
U.P. Law Center, the additional amount of one percent (1%) of the
filing fee imposed, but in no case lower than five pesos, in the case
of the appellate courts and the additional amount of one percent (1%)
of the filing fee imposed, but in no case lower than two pesos, in the
case of all other courts, including all administrative or special
courts, agencies or tribunals exercising quasi-judicial functions,
shall be collected by their clerks of court, or equivalent
functionaries, for each action or special proceeding filed therewith
and for which the fees prescribed in the Rules of Court or in any
statute or regulation are due and payable. For this purpose the term
'special proceeding' shall include any petition or application, or
paper or document for the dispensation of official action or
establishment of a status or right of a party, or a particular fact.
Such additional amounts shall be receipted for separated as part of a
special fund to be known as the 'Legal Research Fund', and shall be
turned over by the clerks of court or equivalent functionaries to the
Chief Accountant of the Department of Justice, who in turn shall remit
the same at the end of each quarter to the University of the
Philippines for the exclusive use of the U.P. Law Center in accordance
with this Act." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"The U.P. Law Center shall furnish, free of charge, a copy each of its
annual 'Survey of Philippine Law and Jurisprudence,' published twice a
year, and the 'Proceedings of the Judicial Seminars and Conferences,'
published thrice a year, to every member of the Supreme Court and the
Court of Appeals, to every branch of the Court of First Instance and
the City and Municipal Courts, to every city and provincial fiscal and
the Prosecution Division of the Department of Justice, to the
appropriate Committees of the Legislature, to the library of the Legal
Office of the Office of the President of the Philippine, the main
library of the Office of the President of the Philippines, and the
Departments of the Executive Branch, to the libraries of the
Legislature, the National Library, the University of the Philippines,
and the College of Law of the University of the Philippines, and to all
administrative or special agencies, courts or tribunals collecting
additional filing fees for the U.P. Law Center."
The Secretary of Justice shall issue such rules and regulations as may
be necessary to implement the provisions of this Decree.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 27th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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