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Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME COURT
ManilaA.M. No. 12-8-8-SC
JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT RULE
Whereas,case congestion and delaysplague most courts in cities, given the huge
volume of cases filed each year and theslow and cumbersome adversarial syste1nthat the judiciary has in place;
Whereas, about 40 of criminal cases aredismissed annually owing to the fact that
complainants simply give up con1ing tocourt after repeated postponements;
Whereas, few foreign businessmen ma!elong"term investments in the Philippinesbecause its courts are unable to provide
ample and speedy protection to theirinvestments, !eeping its people poor;
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Whereas, in order to reduce the timeneeded for completing the testimonies of
witnesses in cases under litigation, on#ebruary $1, $01$ the %upreme &ourtapproved for piloting by trial courts in'ue(on &ity the compulsory use of judicialaffidavits in place of the direct testimoniesof witnesses;
Whereas, it is reported that such pilotinghas )uic!ly resulted in reducing by abouttwo"thirds the time used for presenting thetestimonies of witnesses, thus speeding upthe hearing and adjudication of cases;
Whereas, the %upreme &ourt &ommitteeon the Revision of the Rules of &ourt,headed by %enior *ssociate +ustice*ntonio - &arpio, and the %ub"&ommitteeon the Revision of the Rules on &ivil
Procedure, headed by *ssociate +usticeRoberto *- *bad, have recommended foradoption a +udicial *ffidavit Rule that willreplicate nationwide the success of the
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'ue(on &ity e.perience in the use ofjudicial affidavits; and
Whereas, the %upreme &ourt /n anc findsmerit in the recommendation;
NOW, THEREFORE,the %upreme &ourt/n anc hereby issues and promulgatesthe following
Sectio 1.Scope." 2a3 his Rule shallapply to all actions, proceedings, andincidents re)uiring the reception ofevidence before
213 he Metropolitan rial &ourts, theMunicipal rial &ourts in &ities, theMunicipal rial &ourts, the Municipal&ircuit rial &ourts, and the %hari a&ircuit &ourts but shall not apply tosmall claims cases under *-M- 05"5"
6"%&;
2$3 he Regional rial &ourts andthe %haria 7istrict &ourts;
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283 he %andiganbayan, the &ourt ofa. *ppeals, the &ourt of *ppeals,
and the %haria *ppellate &ourts;243 he investigating officers andbodies authori(ed by the %upreme&ourt to receive evidence, includingthe 9ntegrated ar of the Philippine
29P3; and2:3 he special courts and )uasi"judicial bodies, whose rules ofprocedure are subject to disapprovalof the %upreme &ourt, insofar as
their e.isting rules of procedurecontravene the provisions of thisRule-1
2b3 #or the purpose of brevity, the abovecourts, )uasi"judicial bodies, orinvestigating officers shall be uniformlyreferred to here as the court-
Sectio 2.Submission of Judicial Affidavitsand Exhibits in lieu of direct testimonies."
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2a3 he parties shall file with the court andserve on the adverse party, personally or by
licensed courier service, not later than fivedays before pre"trial or preliminaryconference or the scheduled hearing withrespect to motions and incidents, thefollowing
213 he judicial affidavits of theirwitnesses, which shall ta!e the placeof such witnesses direct testimonies;and
2$3 he parties docun1entary or
object evidence, if any, which shallbe attached to the judicial affidavitsand mar!ed as /.hibits *, , &, andso on in the case of the complainantor the plaintiff, and as /.hibits 1, $,8, and so on in the case of the
respondent or the defendant-
2b3 %hould a party or a witness desire to!eep the original document or object
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evidence in his possession, he may,after the same has been identified,
mar!ed as e.hibit, and authenticated,warrant in his judicial affidavit that thecopy or reproduction attached to suchaffidavit is a faithful copy or reproductionof that original- 9n addition, the party orwitness shall bring the original
document or object evidence forcomparison during the preliminaryconference with the attached copy,reproduction, or pictures, failing whichthe latter shall not be admitted-
his is without prejudice to the introductionof secondary evidence in place of theoriginal when allowed by e.isting rules-
Sectio !.Contents of judicial Affidavit." *judicial affidavit shall be prepared in the
language !nown to the witness and, if not in/nglish or #ilipino, accompanied by atranslation in /nglish or #ilipino, and shallcontain the following
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2a3 he name, age, residence orbusiness address, and occupation of the
witness;2b3 he name and address of the lawyerwho conducts or supervises thee.amination of the witness and theplace where the e.amination is being
held;2c3 * statement that the witness isanswering the )uestions as!ed of him,fully conscious that he does so underoath, and that he may face criminal
liability for false testimony or perjury;2d3 'uestions as!ed of the witness andhis corresponding answers,consecutively numbered, that
213 %how the circumstances under
which the witness ac)uired the factsupon which he testifies;
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2$3 /licit from him those facts whichare relevant to the issues that the
case presents; and283 9dentify the attacheddocumentary and object evidenceand establish their authenticity inaccordance with the Rules of &ourt;
2e3 he signature of the witness over hisprinted name; and
2f3 * jurat with the signature of thenotary public who administers the oathor an officer who is authori(ed by law to
administer the same-
Sectio ".Sworn attestation of thelawyer." 2a3 he judicial affidavit shallcontain a sworn attestation at the end,e.ecuted by the lawyer who conducted or
supervised the e.amination of the witness,to the effect that
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may avail himself of the issuance of asubpoena ad testificandumor duces
tecumunder Rule $1 of the Rules of &ourt-he rules governing the issuance of asubpoena to the witness in this case shallbe the same as when ta!ing his depositione.cept that the ta!ing of a judicial affidavitshal1 be understood to be ex parte-
Sectio $.ffer of and objections totestimony in judicial affidavit." he partypresenting the judicial affidavit of hiswitness in place of direct testimony shallstate the purpose of such testimony at the
start of the presentation of the witness- headverse party may move to dis)ualify thewitness or to stri!e out his affidavit or any ofthe answers found in it on ground ofinadmissibility- he court shall promptly ruleon the motion and, if granted, shall causethe mar!ing of any e.cluded answer byplacing it in brac!ets under the initials of anauthori(ed court personnel, without
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prejudice to a tender of e.cluded evidenceunder %ection 40 of Rule 18$ of the Rules
of &ourt-Sectio %.Examination of the witness onhis judicial affidavit." he adverse partyshall have the right to cross"e.amine thewitness on his judicial affidavit and on the
e.hibits attached to the same- he partywho presents the witness may alsoe.amine him as on re"direct- 9n every case,the court shall ta!e active part in e.aminingthe witness to determine his credibility aswell as the truth of his testimony and to
elicit the answers that it needs for resolvingthe issues-
Sectio 8.ral offer of and objections toexhibits." 2a3 >pon the termination of thetestimony of his last witness, a party shall
immediately ma!e an oral offer of evidenceof his documentary or object e.hibits, pieceby piece, in their chronological order,
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stating the purpose or purposes for whichhe offers the particular e.hibit-
2b3 *fter each piece of e.hibit is offered,the adverse party shall state the legalground for his objection, if any, to itsadmission, and the court shallimmediately ma!e its ruling respecting
that e.hibit-2c3 %ince the documentary or objecte.hibits form part of the judicialaffidavits that describe and authenticatethem, it is sufficient that such e.hibits
are simply cited by their mar!ings duringthe offers, the objections, and therulings, dispensing with the descriptionof each e.hibit-
Sectio &.Application of rule to criminalactions." 2a3 his rule shall apply to allcriminal actions
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213 ?here the ma.imum of theimposable penalty does not e.ceed
si. years;2$3 ?here the accused agrees to theuse of judicial affidavits, irrespectiveof the penalty involved; or
283 ?ith respect to the civil aspect of
the actions, whatever the penaltiesinvolved are-
2b3 he prosecution shall submit thejudicial affidavits of its witnesses notlater than five days before the pre"trial,
serving copies if the same upon theaccused- he complainant or publicprosecutor shall attach to the affidavitssuch documentary or object evidence ashe may have, mar!ing them as /.hibits*, , &, and so on- =o further judicialaffidavit, documentary, or objectevidence shall be admitted at the trial-
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2c3 9f the accused desires to be heard onhis defense after receipt of the judicial
affidavits of the prosecution, he shallhave the option to submit his judicialaffidavit as well as those of hiswitnesses to the court within ten daysfrom receipt of such affidavits and servea copy of each on the public and private
prosecutor, including his documentaryand object evidence previously mar!edas /.hibits 1, $, 8, and so on- heseaffidavits shall serve as directtestimonies of the accused and his
witnesses when they appear before thecourt to testify-
Sectio 1'.Effect of non!compliance withthe judicial Affidavit "ule." 2a3 * party whofails to submit the re)uired judicial affidavitsand e.hibits on time shall be deemed tohave waived their submission- he courtmay, however, allow only once the latesubmission of the same provided, the delay
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is for a valid reason, would not undulyprejudice the opposing party, and the
defaulting party pays a fine of not lessthan P 1,000-00 nor more than P:,000-00at the discretion of the court-
2b3 he court shall not consider theaffidavit of any witness who fails to
appear at the scheduled hearing of thecase as re)uired- &ounsel who fails toappear without valid cause despitenotice shall be deemed to have waivedhis clients right to confront by cross"e.amination the witnesses there
present-
2c3 he court shall not admit asevidence judicial affidavits that do notconform to the content re)uirements of%ection 8 and the attestation
re)uirement of %ection 4 above- hecourt may, however, allow only once thesubse)uent submission of the compliantreplacement affidavits before the
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hearing or trial provided the delay is fora valid reason and would not unduly
prejudice the opposing party andprovided further, that public or privatecounsel responsible for their preparationand submission pays a fine of not lessthan P1,000-00 nor morethan P :,000-00, at the discretion of the
court-
Sectio 11."epeal or modification ofinconsistent rules." he provisions of theRules of &ourt and the rules of proceduregoverning investigating officers and bodies
authori(ed by the %upreme &ourt to receiveevidence are repealed or modified insofaras these are inconsistent with theprovisions of this Rule- #$wphi#
he rules of procedure governing %uasi!
judicialbodies inconsistent herewith arehereby disapproved-
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Sectio 12.Effectivity." his rule shall ta!eeffect on +anuary 1, $018 following its
publication in two newspapers of generalcirculation not later than %eptember 1:,$01$- 9t shall also apply to e.isting cases-
Manila, %eptember 4, $01$-
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REVISED RULES ON SUMMARY PROCEDURE
RESOLUTION OF THE COURT EN BANCDATED OCTOBER 15, 1991
PROVIDING FOR THE REVISED RULE ON SUMMARY PROCEDURE FOR
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CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS AND MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL
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ADMINISTRATIVE CIRCULAR
NO. 1@9%.
ADMINISTRATIVE CIRCULAR NO. 1@9%
TO ALL REGIONAL TRIAL
COURTS, METROPOLITAN
TRIAL COURTS,MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS
AND MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT
TRIAL COURTS
SUB)ECT GUIDELINES ON
THE ATARUNGANGPAMBARANGAY
CONCILIATION
PROCEDURE TO PREVENT
CIRCUMVENTION OF THEREVISED ATARUNGANG
PAMBARANGAY LA=
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SECTIONS %99@22,
CHAPTER VII, TITLE I,
BOO III, R. A. 1&/,OTHER=ISE NO=N AS
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CODE OF 1991.
The Revised KatarungangPambarangay Law under R. A.
7160 otherwise !nown as the
Local "overnment #ode o$
1%%1 e$$ective on &anuary 1
1%%' and which re(ealed P.). 1*0+ introduced
substantial changes not only
in the authority granted to the
Lu(ong Taga(amaya(a butalso in the (rocedure to be
observed in the settlement o$
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dis(utes within the authority
o$ the Lu(on. cralaw
,n order that the laudable(ur(ose o$ the law may not
be subverted and its
e$$ectiveness undermined by
indiscriminate im(ro(erand-or (remature issuance o$
certi$ications to $ile actions in
court by the Lu(on or Pang!at
ecretaries attested by the
Lu(on-Pang!at #hairmenres(ectively the $ollowing
guidelines are hereby issued
$or the in$ormation o$ trial
court /udges in cases broughtbe$ore them coming $rom the
arangayschanrobles virtual lawlibrary
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,. All dis(utes are sub/ect to
arangay conciliation
(ursuant to the RevisedKatarungang Pambarangay
Law 2$ormerly P. ). 1*0+
re(ealed and now re(laced by
ecs. 3%%45'' #ha(ter ,,Title , oo! ,,, and ec.
*1* Title , oo! , R.A.
7160 otherwise !nown as the
Local "overnment #ode o$
1%%1 and (rior recoursethereto is a (re4condition
be$ore $iling a com(laint in
court or any government
o$$icesexcept in the $ollowingdis(uteschanrobles virtual law library
21 8here one (arty is
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the government or any
subdivision or
instrumentality thereo$92' 8here one (arty is a
(ublic o$$icer or
em(loyee and the
dis(ute relates to the(er$ormance o$ his
o$$icial $unctions9
23 8here the dis(ute
involves real (ro(erties
located in di$$erent citiesand munici(alities
unless the (arties
thereto agree to submit
their di$$erence toamicable settlement by
an a((ro(riate Lu(on9
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25 Any com(laint by or
against cor(orations
(artnershi(s or /uridicalentities since only
individuals shall be
(arties to arangay
conciliation (roceedingseither as com(lainants
or res(ondents 2ec. 1
Rule , Katarungang
Pambarangay Rules9
2* )is(utes involving(arties who actually
reside in barangays o$
di$$erent cities or
munici(alities e:ce(twhere such barangay
units ad/oin each other
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and the (arties thereto
agree to submit their
di$$erences to amicablesettlement by an
a((ro(riate Lu(on9
26 ;$$enses $or which
the law (rescribes ama:imum (enalty o$
im(risonment e:ceeding
one 21 year or a $ine o$
over $ive thousand (esos
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in/ustice $rom being
committed or $urther
continued s(eci$icallythe $ollowing chanrobles virtual law library
2a #riminal cases
where accused isunder (olice custody
or detention 2ee ec.
51'
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de(rived o$ or on
acting in his behal$9
2c Actions cou(ledwith (rovisional
remedies such as
(reliminary in/unction
attachment deliveryo$ (ersonal (ro(erty
and su((ort during
the (endency o$ the
action9 and cralaw
2d Actions which maybe barred by the
tatute o$
Limitations.
2% Any class o$ dis(utes
which the President may
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determine in the interest
o$ /ustice or u(on the
recommendation o$ theecretary o$ &ustice9
210 8here the dis(ute
arises $rom the
#om(rehensive AgrarianRe$orm Law 57 R. A.
66*79
211 Labor dis(utes or
controversies arising$rom em(loyer4em(loyee
relations 2?ontoya vs.
@scayo et al. 171 #RA
55'9 Art. ''6 Labor#ode as amended
which grants original and
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e:clusive /urisdiction
over conciliation and
mediation o$ dis(utesgrievances or (roblems
to certain o$$ices o$ the
)e(artment o$ Labor and
@m(loyment921' Actions to annul
/udgment u(on a
com(romise which may
be $iled directly in court
2ee anche vs. Tu(a1*+ #RA 5*%. cralaw
,,. Bnder the (rovisions o$ R.
A. 7160 on Katarungang
Pambarangay conciliation asim(lemented by the
Katarungang Pambarangay
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Rules and Regulations
(romulgated by the ecretary
o$ &ustice the certi$ication $or$iling a com(laint in court or
any government o$$ice shall
be issued by arangay
authorities only u(oncom(liance with the $ollowing
reCuirementschanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
21 ,ssued by the Lu(on
ecretary and attested
by the Lu(on #hairman
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reached but the same
has been subseCuently
re(udiated
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$ailure o$ settlement
where the dis(ute
involves members o$ thesame indigenous cultural
community which shall
be settled in accordance
with the customs andtraditions o$ that
(articular cultural
community or where
one or more o$ the
(arties to the a$oresaiddis(ute belong to the
minority and the (arties
mutually agreed to
submit their dis(ute tothe indigenous system o$
amicable settlement
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and there has been no
settlement as certi$ied
by the datu or triballeader or elder to the
Punong arangay o$
(lace o$ settlement
* Rule ,DKatarungang
Pambarangay Rules=9
and
25 ,$ mediation or
conciliation e$$ortsbe$ore the Punong
arangay (roved
unsuccess$ul there
having been noagreement to arbitrate
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Katarungang
Pambarangay Law9 ec.
1 c.
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mandatory $or him to
constitute the Pang!at
be$ore whom mediationconciliation or
arbitration (roceedings
shall be held. cralaw
,,,. All com(laints and-orin$ormations $iled or ra$$led to
your sala-branch o$ the
Regional Trial #ourt shall be
care$ully read and scrutinied
to determine i$ there has beencom(liance with (rior
arangay conciliation
(rocedure under the Revised
Katarungang PambarangayLaw and its ,m(lementing
Rules and Regulations as a
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(re4condition to /udicial
action (articularly whether
the certi$ication to $ile actionattached to the records o$ the
case com(ly with the
reCuirements hereinabove
enumerated in Par. ,,9,. A case $iled in court
without com(liance with (rior
arangay conciliation which is
a (re4condition $or $ormal
ad/udication
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action or (rematurity
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the Lu(on under this
#ode are $iled may at
any time be$oretrial motu propriore$er
case to the Lu(on
concerned $or amicable
settlement.trict observance o$ these
guidelines is en/oined. This
Administrative #ircular shall
be e$$ective immediately.
?anila Phili((ines9 &uly 1*
1%%3.