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NO. 12-99
TO: THE JUDGES
OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL
TRIAL
COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS AND MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL
COURTS
SUBJECT:
GRANTING
INCENTIVES TO JUDGES WHO ARE GIVEN ADDITIONAL DUTY OF HEARING AND
DECIDING
CASES OF OTHER BRANCHES OF THEIR COURTS OR OF OTHER COURTS OF THE SAME
LEVEL.
For the
information
and guidance of all concerned, quoted hereunder is the Resolution of
the
Court En Banc dated February 2, 1999 in A.M. No. 99-1-04-SC – Re:
Granting Incentives to Judges who are Given Additional Duty of
Hearing
and Deciding Cases of Other Branches of Their Courts or of Other Courts
of the Same Level.
"Effective
immediately,
Judges of Regional Trial courts [RTC], Metropolitan Trial Courts
[MeTC],
Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts [MTC] and
Municipal
Circuit Trial Courts [MCTC] who are given additional assignment of
hearing
and deciding cases of other branches of the RTC, MeTC or MTCC, or of
other
MTC or MCTC, as the case may be, shall be entitled to an additional
expense
allowance at the rate of Five Hundred [P500] a day for every day
rendered
in the other branch or branches but in no case to exceed Six Thousand
Pesos
[P6,000] a month, and chargeable against the regular appropriations for
representation and travel allowances for such other branch or branches
which are deemed savings in such item for the duration of the vacancy
of
such branch or branches.
"In
addition to the
foregoing, such judges shall be given a monthly hardship allowance of
Five
Hundred Pesos [P500] for every additional branch that
is assigned to them, chargeable against the savings of the lower courts
or the Judiciary Development Fund.cralaw:red
"City of
Manila,
2 February 1999."
February 25,
1999.
[Sgd.]
ALFREDO
L. BENIPAYOCourt
Administrator
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