CIRCULAR
NO. 26-97
TO: ALL JUDGES
AND CLERKS OF COURT OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI’A DISTRICT
COURTS,
METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL
TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURTS
SUBJECT: LEGAL
FEES FORM FOR LOWER COURTS
To eradicate the
practice of some clerks of court of retaining the original copy of the
official receipt issued in acknowledgment of payment for file with the
record of the case instead of issuing the same to the payor, JUDGES and
CLERKS OF COURT are hereby DIRECTED to:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
1) Compel
their
collecting officials to strictly comply with the provisions of the
Auditing
and Accounting Manual, Art. VI, Sections 61 and 113, to wit:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"ARTICLE
VI – Accountable
Forms"
"Sec. 61. Kinds
of Accountable Forms Official Receipts. – For proper accounting
and.
control of collections, collecting officers shall promptly issue
official
receipts for all monies received by them. These receipts may be in the
form of stamps or officially numbered receipts xxx."(Underscoring
Supplied)
"Sec. 113. Issuance
of Official Receipt. - For proper accounting and control of
revenues,
no payment of any nature shall be received by a collecting officer
without
immediately issuing an official receipt in acknowledgment thereof. This
receipts may be in the form of stamps xxx or officially numbered
receipts,
subject to proper custody. and accountability." (Underscoring
Supplied)
2) Cause the
attachment
of. the Legal
Fees
Form for lower courts (Annex
"A"), which is to be provided by the Property Division of the
Office
of the Court Administrator, to the record of the case in lieu of the
official
receipt. Non-compliance
with
this CIRCULAR shall be dealt with administrative sanctions.
May 5, 1997.
[Sgd.]
ALFREDO
L. BENIPAYOCourt
Administrator
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