Republic of the Philippines

Supreme Court
Manila

OFFICE OF THE 2022 BAR CHAIR

BAR BULLETIN NO. 2-A, S. 2022

CLARIFICATIONS ON COVERAGE

The Court clarifies that the 2022 Bar Syllabi serve as the framework and
delimitation of the Bar 2022 Bar Examinations’ coverage, and all questions which
will be asked therein will only be formulated on the laws, rules, issuances and
jurisprudence pertinent to the topics included therein as of the cut-off date of June
30, 2021. In the interest of clarity, and in order to best aid the bar examinees in their
preparations, the Court here issues further clarifications and iterations concerning
the conceptual coverage of the 2022 Bar Examinations, thus:

1. Civil Law, Part II

II. Credit Transactions
A. Personal Property Securities (R.A. No. 11057)
B. Real Estate Mortgage

2. Commercial Law
II. Transportation Law
D. Extent of liability
1. Recoverable damages
2. Stipulations limiting liability
3. Limitations under the Montreal Convention

All other repealing laws which are effective as of June 30, 2021 shall be
covered, regardless of the existing nomenclature of the legal concepts, the Rule
titles, and other similar statutory headings.

Finally, further to its intention of ensuring that the examinees are fully
equipped to approach the 2022 Bar Examinations in the most clear-eyed and precise
manner, the Court will not hesitate to issue further clarifications on the coverage as
may be needed.

For your information and guidance.

March 3, 2022

ALFREDO BENJAMIN S. CAGUIOA

Associate Justice
2022 Bar Examinations Chair