[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 90-2016, April 07, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 90-2016, April 07, 2016 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 90-2016, April 07, 2016 ]

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 ONE (1) YEAR OF ATTY. CHRISTOPHER A. BASILIO AND REVOCATION OF HIS NOTARIAL COMMISSION AND PROHIBITION FROM REAPPOINTMENT AS NOTARY PUBLIC FOR TWO (2) YEARS

For your informatidn and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision of the First Division dated 14 October 2015 in Administrative Case No. 10783, entitled "Atty. Benigno T. Bartolome vs. Atty. Christopher A. Basilio," to wit:

WHEREFORE, the Court finds respondent Atty. Christopher A. Basilio GUILTY of violating the 2004 Rules of Notarial Practice and Rule 1.01, Canon 1 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. Accordingly, the Court hereby SUSPENDS him from the practice of law for one (1) year; REVOKES his incumbent commission as a notary public, if any; and PROHIBITS him from being commissioned as a notary public for two (2) years, effective immediately. He is WARNED that a repetition of the same offense or similar acts in the future shall be dealt with more severely.

Respondent, thru counsel, received on 3 November 2015 the said Decision.

7 April 2016

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator