[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 122-2014, September 16, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 122-2014, September 16, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 122-2014, September 16, 2014 ]

TO : CLERKS OF COURT/OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE/ACCOUNTABLE OFFICERS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS

SUBJECT : A.M. NO. 14-08-94-METC (RE: PROPER FEES TO BE COLLECTED IN ELECTION CONTESTS INVOLVING ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL AND BARANGAY OFFICIALS)

In its 2 September 2014 Resolution in A.M. No. 14-08-94-MeTC (Re: Proper Fees to be Collected in Election Contests Involving Elective Municipal and Barangay Officials) the Honorable Court, upon the recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator, resolved, among others, to:

(b) ADVISE the Clerks of Court in the first and second level courts that: (i) Sec. 1, Rule 7 of the Rules of Procedure in Election Contests Before the Courts Involving Elective Municipal and Barangay Officials (A.M. No. 07-4-15-SC), dated May 15, 2007, is controlling insofar as the proper collection of filing fees is concerned; (ii) other assessments for Legal Research Fund, Sheriffs Trust Fund, Victim's Compensation Fund and Mediation Fund shall be collected in election contests; (iii) the P3,000.00 filing fee for election contest shall be allocated to the amount of the Special Allowance for the Judiciary; and (iv) postal money orders are not acceptable as a mode of payment of filing fees.

Strict compliance is hereby enjoined.

September 16, 2014

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator