[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 54-2019, April 03, 2019 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 54-2019, April 03, 2019 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 54-2019, April 03, 2019 ]

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, SHARIA CIRCUIT COURTS, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT: REVOCATION OF NOTARIAL COMMISSION AND DISQUALIFICATION FROM REAPPOINTMENT AS NOTARY PUBLIC FOR ONE (1) YEAR OF ATTY. EMMANUEL E. LAFORTEZA

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision dated 8 February 2017 of the Second Division in Administrative Case No. 9364, entitled "Flordeliza E. Coquia vs. Atty. Emmanuel E. Laforteza," to wit:

WHEREFORE, based on the foregoing, Atty. Emmanuel E. Laforteza's notarial commission, if there is any, is REVOKED, and he is DISQUALIFIED from being commissioned as a notary public for a period of one (1) year. He is likewise STERNLY WARNED that a repetition of the same or similar acts will be dealt with more severely.

Let copies of this Decision be furnished the Office of the Bar Confidant, to be appended to Atty. Laforteza's personal record. Further, let copies of this Resolution be furnished the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Office of the Court Administrator, which is directed to circulate them to all the courts in the country for their information and guidance.

As per Registry Return Receipt No. 19342, respondent received a copy of the aforesaid Decision on 6 March 2017. To date, respondent has not filed his motion for reconsideration.

3 April 2019

(SGD.) RAUL BAUTISTA VILLANUEVA Deputy Court Administrator and Officer-In-Charge Office of the Court Administrator (Per Office Order No. 07-2019 dated 29 March 2019)