[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 196-2015, August 25, 2015 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 196-2015, August 25, 2015 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 196-2015, August 25, 2015 ]

TO : THE COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A DISTRICT COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURTS, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : SUSPENSION FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR SIX (6) MONTHS OF ATTY. CEFERINO R. MAGAT

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision of the Third Division dated 13 June 2012 in Administrative Case No. 1900 entitled "Rodrigo A. Molina vs. Atty. Ceferino R. Magat," to wit:

WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Ceferino R. Magat is hereby ordered SUSPENDED from the practice of law for six (6) months with a WARNING that the commission of the same or similar offense in the future would be dealt with, more severely.

25 August 2015

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator