[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 21-2019, February 11, 2019 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 21-2019, February 11, 2019 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 21-2019, February 11, 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, SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURTS, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR, PUBLIC ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND THE INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES

SUBJECT : SUSPENSION OF ATTY. JUAN C. SIAPNO, JR. FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW FOR TWO (2) YEARS AND BARRED PERMANENTLY FROM BEING COMMISSIONED AS NOTARY PUBLIC

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision dated 21 January 2015 of the Court En Banc in Administrative Matter No. 09-6- 1-SC, entitled "Violation of Rules on Notarial Practice," to wit:

WHEREFORE, respondent Atty. Juan C. Siapno, Jr. is hereby SUSPENDED from the practice of law for two (2) years and BARRED PERMANENTLY from being commissioned as Notary Public, effective upon his receipt of a copy of this decision.

Let copies of this decision be furnished all the courts of the land through the Office of the Court Administrator, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the Office of the Bar Confidant, and be recorded in the personal files of the respondent.

11 February 2019

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator