[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 11-2016, January 14, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 11-2016, January 14, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 11-2016, January 14, 2016 ]

TO : ALL PRESIDING JUDGES AND CLERKS OF COURTS OF THE SECOND LEVEL COURTS

SUBJECT : RESOLUTION DATED 16 NOVEMBER 2015 IN A.M. NO. 03-03-03-SC (AMENDMENT OF A.M. 03-03-03-SC DATED JUNE 17, 2003, FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE COVERAGE OF CASES COGNIZABLE BY THE SPECIAL COMMERCIAL COURTS TO INCLUDE ALL CASES ON INSOLVENCY AND LIQUIDATION UNDER THE FRIA)

Pursuant to the Resolution dated 16 November 2015 in A.M. No. 03-03-03-SC, the Court En Banc, among other matters, expanded the coverage of cases cognizable, by the special commercial courts by including all cases on insolvency and liquidation under the Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act of 2010 (FRIA).

The Resolution dated 16 November 2015, appended herein as Annex "A", was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Philippine Star on 14 January 2016 and shall take effect on 29 January 2016.

Accordingly, this Circular supersedes OCA Circular No. 206-2015 dated 08 September 2015.

Strict compliance is hereby enjoined.

January 14, 2016

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator

* See A.M. NO. 03-03-03-SC attached in the Hard Copy of OCA CIRCULAR NO. 11-2016