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00-8-10-SC
A. M. No. 00-8-10-SC
its debts when they fall due so that a rehabilitation plan, containing the formula for the successful recovery of
the corporation, may be approved in the end. It does not seek a relief from an injury caused by another party.
Section 7 of Rule 141 (Legal Fees) of the Revised Rules of Court lays the amount of filing fees to be
assessed for actions or proceedings filed with the Regional Trial Court. Section 7(a) and (b) apply to ordinary
civil actions while 7(d) and (g) apply to special proceedings.
In fine, the basis for computing the filing fees in intra-corporate cases shall be section 7(a) and (b)l & 3 of
Rule 141. For petitions for rehabilitation, section 7(d) shall be applied.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, cases involving intra-corporate disputes and petitions for rehabilitation shall be
entered, recorded and docketed in a single and special docket book separate from civil actions and special
proceedings.
As a reminder to the judges and clerks of court, the fees collected shall be allocated between the General
Fund and the Judiciary Development Fund in accordance with the guidelines prescribed in Administrative
Order No. 3-2000.
Following the discussion above, the period of appeal provided in section 3, Rule 41 of the 1997 Rules of Civil
Procedure for ordinary civil actions shall apply to cases involving intra-corporate disputes. Corollarily, the
period of appeal provided in paragraph 19(b) of the Interim Rules Relative to the Implementation of B.P. Blg.
129 for special proceedings shall apply to petitions for rehabilitation.
This resolution shall take effect on October 1, 2001, fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation.
Promulgated this 4th day of September 2001.
(Sgd.) Davide Jr., C.J., Bellosillo, Melo, Puno, Vitug, Kapunan, Mendoza, Panganiban, Quisumbing, Pardo,
Buena, Gonzaga-Reyes, Ynbares-Santiago, De leon, Jr., and Sandoval-Gutierrez, JJ.
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