CIRCULAR
NO. 4-92-A[Amending
Circular No. 4-92]
TO: ALL
JUDGES OF THE 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 TRIAL COURTS
SUBJECT: TRANSFER
OF NATIONAL PRISONERS TO THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS IN MUNTINLUPA, METRO
MANILA.
It has come to the
attention of the Supreme Court that some judges refuse to issue mittimuses
for the transfer of prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for more than
three
[3] years to the Bureau of Corrections in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, for
the reason that their cases are on appeal.cralaw:red
For this purpose,
prisoners detained at provincial and municipal jails and sentenced by
lower
courts to prison terms exceeding three [3] years, whether or not they
have
appealed, are considered national prisoners.cralaw:red
[P.
D. 29]. (Note: Under Presidential Decree No. 29, prisoners sentenced to
not more than one [1] year are classified as municipal prisoners; those
sentenced to one [1] year and one [1] day to not more than three [3]
years
are classified as city/provincial prisoners; those sentenced for three
[3] years and one [1] day and above are classified as national
prisoners).
In order to decongest
provincial, city and municipal jails and to effect better control and
supervision
over national prisoners, all trial judges concerned are hereby directed
to issue the corresponding mittimuses or commitment orders of national
prisoners immediately after their conviction so that they may be
remitted
or transferred to the Bureau of Corrections in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila.
April 20, 1992.
[Sgd.]
ERNANI
CRUZ PAÑOCourt
Administrator
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