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CIRCULARNO. 12 - 99

TO The Judges of the Regional TrialCourts, Metropolitan Trial Courts,Municipal Trial Court in Cities,Municipal Trial Courts andMunicipalCircuit Trial Courts

SUBJECT: Granting Incentives To Judges WhoAre Given Additional Duty OfHearing And Deciding Cases OfOther Branches Of Their Courts OrOf Other Courts Of The SameLevel

For the information and guidance of all concerned, quotedhereunder is the resolution of the Court En Banc dated February 2,1999 in A.M. No. 99-1-04-SC - Re : Granting Incentives to Judgeswho are given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases ofother Branches of their Courts or of other Courts of the sameLevel.

"Effective immediately, Judges of RegionalTrial Courts (RTC), Metropolitan Trial Courts(MeTC), Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, MunicipalTrial Courts (MTC) and Municipal Circuit TrialCourts (MCTC) who are given additional assignmentof hearing and deciding cases of other branches of theRTC, MeTC or MTCC, or of other MTC or MCTC,as the case may be, shall be entitled to an additionalexpense allowance at the rate of Five Hundred (P500)a day for every day rendered in the other branch orbranches but in no case to exceed Six Thousand Pesos(P6,OOO)a month, and chargeable against the regularappropriations for representation and travelallowances for such other branch or branches whichare deemed savings in such item for the duration ofthe vacancy of such branch or branches.

In addition to the foregoing, such judges shallbe given a monthly hardship allowance of FiveHundred Pesos (P500) for every additional branch that

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is assigned to them, chargeable against the savings ofthe lower courts or the Judiciary Development Fund.

City of Manila, 2 February 1999."

February 25, 1999.

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RESqWTION N0.99-1-04-SC

GRANTING INCENTIVES TO JUDGES WHO AREGIVEN ADDIT10NAL DUTY OF HEARING AND DECIDING

CASES OF OTHER BRANCHES OF THEIR COURTS OR OF. OTHER COURTS OF THE SAME LEVEL

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.----Effective immediately, Judges of .Regional Trial Courts (RTC),

Metropolitan Trial Courts, (Metc), Muntcipal".,Trial Courts in Cities,, ... "~""'.".'"Municipal Trial Courts (MTC) and Municipaf'Circuit Trial Courts; (MCTe)

who are given additional assignment of hearing and deciding cases of

other branches of the RTC, MeTC or MTCC, or of other MTC or MeTC, as••.. ··1---

the case may be, shall be entitled to an additional expense allowance at the

rate of Five Hundred (Ii500) a day for every day rendered in the other

branch or branches but in no case to exceed Six Thousand Pesos (P6,OOO) 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.

City of Manila, 2 February 1999.

4..c~~ ~ ~;HiLARI< G:DA VIDE, JEt. •Chief Justice

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JO~SILLOAssocia te Justice

~~-tf\e~NATO S. PUNO

Associate Justice

I(~s()hllioll No, _92=1.-04 -se(iralllill!; incentives to judges who arc given the additional duty otbcuring anddeciding C;lses or other branches or their courts or or other courts or the same level

~tf~FLERIDA RUTH P. ROMERO

Associa te Justice

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-olcUAzJ.~VICENTE V. MENDOZA

Associate Justice .

LEONARD~t7 ~llINGAssociate Jusfl

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ARTEMIO V. PANGANIBANAssociate Justice

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GERNARDO P. PARDOAssociate Justice

~/L)l, ..MINERVA P.vGO~A-REYES

Associate Justice

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