[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 08-2019, January 22, 2019 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 08-2019, January 22, 2019 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 08-2019, January 22, 2019 ]

TO : ALL JUDGES AND CLERKS OF COURT/OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE AND BRANCH CLERKS OF COURT/OFFICERS-IN- CHARGE OF THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS

SUBJECT : AMENDMENT OF SECTION 11, RULE 141, REVISED RULES OF COURT, ON THE INCREASE IN THE RATE FOR REQUESTED CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT OF NOTES

In accordance with the 2 October 2018 Resolution in A.M. No. 18-10-03-SC (Re: Increase in Chargeable Rate of Transcript of Stenographic Notes), the Court En Bane RESOLVED to AMEND Section 11, Rule 141, Revised Rules of Court, relative to the increase in the rate for requested certified transcript of notes, the full text of which is quoted as follows:

(a) APPROVE the increase in the rate for requested certified transcript of notes from Ten Pesos (P10.00) to Twenty Pesos (P20.00) per page before the appeal is taken, and from Five Pesos (P5.00) to Ten Pesos (P10.00) for the same page after the filing of the appeal, with one- third (1/3) of the total charges accruing to the Judiciary Development Fund and the remaining two-thirds (2/3) to the stenographer concerned; and

(b) AMEND Section 11, Rule 141 of the [Revised] Rules of Court, to read as follows:

Section 11. Stenographers. - Stenographers shall give certified transcript of notes taken by them to every person requesting the same upon payment to the Clerk of Court of (a) TWENTY (P20.00) PESOS for each page of not less than two hundred and fifty words before the appeal is taken and (b) TEN (P10.00) PESOS for the same page, after the filing of the appeal, provided, however, that one-third (1/3) of the total charges shall accrue to the Judiciary Development Fund (JDF) and the remaining two-thirds (2/3) to the stenographer concerned. (Amendments in bold)

Any prior circular from the Office of the Court Administrator on this matter which is contrary to the foregoing is hereby superseded.

For your information, guidance and strict compliance.

22 January 2019

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator