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SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

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
______________________________________________.

Doc. No. _____;


Page No. _____;
Book No. _____;
Series of 2023.

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