[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 59-2014, April 15, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 59-2014, April 15, 2014 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 59-2014, April 15, 2014 ]

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. ROSELLER A. VIRAY AND REVOCATION OF HIS NOTARIAL COMMISSION AND DISQUALIFICATION FROM REAPPO1NTMENT AS NOTARY PUBLIC FOR TWO (2) YEARS.

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision of the Third Division dated 18 February 2013 in Administrative Case No. 7350, entitled "Patrocinio V. Agbulos v. Atty. Roseller A. Viray," to wit:

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

15 April 2014

(SGD.) JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator