[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 117-2009, August 20, 2009 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 117-2009, August 20, 2009 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 117-2009, August 20, 2009 ]

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. JOSE R. DIMAANO, JR. AND REVOCATION OF HIS NOTARIAL COMMISSION AND DISQUALIFICATION FROM REAPPOINTMENT AS NOTARY PUBLIC FOR TWO (2) YEARS

For your information and guidance, quoted hereunder is the dispositive portion of the Decision of the Second Division dated 12 September 2008, in Administrative Case No. 7781 entitled, "Doloros I... Dola Cruz, ot al. vs. Atty. Jose R. Dimaano, Jr.", to wit:

''WHEREFORE, for breach of the Notarial Law, the notarial commission of respondent Atty. Jose R. Dimaano, Jr., if still existing, is REVOKED. He is DISQUALIFIED from being commissioned as notary public for a period of two (2) years and SUSPENDED from the practice of law for a period of one (1) year, effective upon receipt of a copy of this Decision, with WARNING that a repetition of the same negligent act shall be dealt with more severely."

Atty. Jose R. Dimaano, Jr. received the Decision on 30 September 2008 per Registry Return Receipt No. 3361.

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JOSE P. PEREZ

Court Administrator