[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 176-2016, July 28, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 176-2016, July 28, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 176-2016, July 28, 2016 ]

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

SUBJECT : RESOLUTION DATED 21 JUNE 2016 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 SPECIAL COMMERCIAL COURTS TO INCLUDE ALL CASES GOVERNED BY THE FRIA, LIQUIDATION CASES EMANATING FROM ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS, AND DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION OF PARTNERSHIPS UNDER THE CIVIL CODE)

Pursuant to the Resolution dated 21 June 2016 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 governed by the Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act of 2010 (FRIA), liquidation cases emanating from administrative proceedings, and dissolution and liquidation of partnerships under the Civil Code.

The Resolution dated 21 June 2016, appended herein as Annex "A", was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Philippine Star on 22 July 2016 and shall take effect on 06 August 2016.

Strict compliance is hereby enjoined.

July 28, 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. 176-2016