[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 12-2006, January 27, 2006 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 12-2006, January 27, 2006 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 12-2006, January 27, 2006 ]

TO: ALL CLERKS OF COURT AND COURT INTERPRETERS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS

SUBJECT:

PROVIDING A COPY OF THE MINUTES OF THE HEARING TO THE ACCUSED AND/OR HIS LAWYER

The Humanitarian Legal Assistance Foundation is implementing a project funded by the Asia Foundation called the "Detainee's Notebook". The Project's immediate goal is to provide access to justice to the poor and ultimately to decongest our overcrowded jails.

In view thereof, you are hereby DIRECTED to furnish the accused and/or his counsel copy of the minutes of the proceedings, every after hearing of their case(s).

Strict compliance is enjoined.

__ 27 __ January 2006. Untitled Document

PRESBITERO J. VELASCO, JR.

Court Administrator