I, <NAME OF CORP. SEC.>, of legal age, Filipino, and with office
address at _________________________, Caloocan City, after being duly sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state that:
1. I am the duly elected and incumbent Corporate Secretary of
<COMPANY NAME>, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, with principal office address at ______________________, Caloocan City (the “Corporation”).
2. At the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation held on <date>, at which meeting a quorum was present, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted and approved:
“RESOLVED, that the Corporation be authorized to file a
criminal case for Estafa against <accused> with the Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila;
“RESOLVED FURTHER, that <AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE>, <Position> of the Corporation, be, as he is hereby, authorized to do and perform the following acts:
1. To represent the Corporation in all stages of
the case until full termination of the case;
2. To accomplish, sign or execute, for and on
behalf of the Corporation, the Statement of Claims, the Verification and Certification Against Forum Shopping, Splitting a Single Cause of Action and Multiplicity of Suits, an affidavit in support of the Statement of Claims, as well as other documents necessary and appropriate in the said case;
3. To waive any amount in excess of the
jurisdiction of the small claims court;
4. To negotiate, conclude, enter into and
execute a compromise agreement or amicable settlement of the case, or such other matters as may aid in the prompt disposition of the case;
5. To submit the case to any alternative mode of
dispute resolution;
6. To refer issues to a commissioner;
7. To agree on a simplification of the issues;
8. To amend and/or agree to the amendment of
any pleading;
9. To limit the number of witnesses;
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10. To obtain stipulations or admissions of facts
and documents to avoid unnecessary proof;
11. To cause the filing of all pertinent papers,
pleadings, motions, and affidavits, and
12. To agree on such matters and do such things
as may aid in the prompt disposition of the action.
“RESOLVED FINALLY, that the Corporation, be, as it is
hereby, authorized to appoint and to avail the services of <LAW OFFICE> and/or any of its lawyers as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to assist or to represent the Corporation in any court, tribunal, administrative, and/or quasi-judicial proceedings, and to file, serve and deliver, any and all pertinent papers, position papers, pleadings, motions, certifications, verifications, affidavits, appeals, and other documents or papers necessary or appropriate in the said case on behalf of the Corporation.”
3. The foregoing resolutions are in accordance with the records of
the Corporation in my possession, and the same have not been amended, superseded, or revoked.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this
__________________ in __________________.
<NAME> Corporate Secretary
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to me before this ___________________ in
___________________, affiant, who is personally known to me, exhibited to me competent evidence of identity in the form of ______________________________________________.