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Department Circular No. 018 (DOJ Petition For Review) PDF
Department Circular No. 018 (DOJ Petition For Review) PDF
KAGAWARAN NG KATARUNGAN
Departtnent of Justice
Manila
VNAII-DC-
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DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR NO. 0 I 0
TO ALL CONCERNED
Section 1. Scope. — This Rule shall apply to Petitions for Review filed before
the Office of the Secretary and the Offices of Regional Prosecutors, pursuant to
Department Circular Nos. 70 and 70-A, s. 2000, as well as comments thereon, other
documents filed therefor, and any pleadings or motions thereafter.
Section 2. Electronic copies. — (a) All Petitions for Review filed pursuant to
Section 1 hereof shall have, in addition to its attachments, a compact disc (CD)
containing a PDF file of the Petition for Review and all its attachments. No petition shall
be docketed and deemed filed without the accompanying CD.
(b) The Petition for Review and each of its attachments shall be individually
saved in PDF format, text-based whenever possible. The filename of each shall be the
same as the document title, viz:
The CD shall contain only the electronic documents pertaining to the Petition
for Review concerned. In the same manner, all electronic copies of the Petition
and its attachments shall be saved in one CD only. In case the total size of the
PDF files exceeds the capacity of the CD, the excess may be saved in another
CD, provided, that the CD be appropriately marked and follows the
aforementioned format.
Any discrepancy in the paper-based document and the electronic copy in the
CD shall be a ground for dismissal of the petition for review.
In the case of comments, other responsive pleadings and motions, the foregoing
shall likewise be required, otherwise, the same shall be deemed not filed.
Petitions for Review and other documents filed in relation thereto shall be
deemed to have filed on the time and date of filing the paper-based document. All
paper-based documents shall be submitted in a long folder, secured with fasteners, and
chronologically paginated from bottom page upwards.
Non-compliance with this provision shall constitute a ground for the dismissal of
the petition for review. In the case of comments, other responsive pleadings and
motions, the same shall be deemed not filed.
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Non-compliance with this provision shall constitute a ground for the dismissal of
the petition for review. In the case of comments, other responsive pleadings and
motions, the same shall be deemed not filed.
Section 6. Duties of the OSEC Docket Section (ODS). — Upon receipt, the
ODS shall indicate on the top right corner of the first page of the document whether the
same was personally filed or received through registered mail or private courier (e.g.
LBC).
The designated personnel shall attach and upload the electronic documents into
the Petition for Review Information System (PRIS) under the catalogue for the appealed
case concerned.
Section 7. Implementation. — The ODS and the Management Information
System Division (MISD) shall design the process of filing in accordance with this Rule,
as well as update the PRIS in compliance with this Circular.
Section 10. Effectivity.— This Circular shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
VITALIAN . AGUIRRE II
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