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14 -2012
SUBJECT : R E I T E R AT I O N O F P R O V I S I O N S I ( PA R A G R A P H
A [ 1 ] ) A N D I I ( PA R A G R A P H S 4 AND 5) OF OCA
CIRCULAR NO. 58-2007, AND RESTATEMENT
O F P R O V I S I O N I , PA R A G R A P H A ( 1 ) T H E R E O F, B Y
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 51-2011
I t h a s c o m e t o t h e a t t e n t i o n o f t h i s O f fi c e t h a t d e s p i t e i s s u a n c e o f
OCA Circular No. 58-2007 dated 24 May 2007 (Re: Reiteration of the
Guidelines on the Collection of Fees for the Mediation Fund Under Section
9, Rule 141 [A.M. No. 04-2-04-SC, effective .16 August 2004] and [A.M.
No. 01-10-5-SC PHILJA, dated 16 October 2001]), as well as restatement
o f P r o v i s i o n I , p a r a g r a p h A [ 1 ] t h e r e o f , b y O C A C i r c u l a r N o . 5 1 - 2 0 11 d a t e d
0 6 A p r i l 2 0 11 ( R e : C o n s o l i d a t e d a n d R e v i s e d G u i d e l i n e s t o I m p l e m e n t t h e
Expanded Coverage of Court-Annexed Mediation [CAM] and Judicial
Dispute Resolution [JDR], and Reiteration of the Guidelines on the
Collection of Fees for the Mediation Fund Under Section 9, Rule 141, of
the Rules of Court as Revised and OCA Circular No. 58-2007 dated 24
May 2007), many lower courts still fail to: (a) collect the amount of
P 5 0 0 . 0 0 m e d i a t i o n f e e s , s p e c i fi c a l l y u p o n t h e fi l i n g o f a n A n s w e r w i t h
mediatable permissive or compulsory counterclaim or cross-claim,
complaint-in-intervention, third-party complaint, fourth-party complaint,
etc. in civil cases; (b) deposit the mediation fees collected from any
m e d i a t a b l e c a s e fi l e d a t d i f f e r e n t l e v e l c o u r t s , t o t h e P h i l i p p i n e M e d i a t i o n
Center (PMC) Trust Fund; and (c) submit the PMC Monthly Report of
Collections and Deposits (PMCRCD) directly to the PHILJA Finance
Division, and substantiate the same with the required attachments such
a s t h e d u p l i c a t e c o p y o f o f fi c i a l r e c e i p t / s , v a l i d a t e d d e p o s i t s l i p / s a n d
other relevant supporting papers.
R e l a t i v e t h e r e t o , a l l c o n c e r n e d a r e h e r e b y R E Q U I R E D t o S T R I C T LY
OBSERVE and IMPLEMENT Provisions I and II of OCA Circular No. 58-
2007, as restated by OCA Circular No. 50-2011 insofar as to Provision I,
paragraph A [1] thereof, to wit:
( 1 ) T h e f o l l o w i n g p l e a d i n g s i n t h e R e g i o n a l Tr i a l C o u r t s ,
and First Level Courts the amount of P500.00 Mediation
Fee -
Civil Case -
- A Complaint
- Answer with mediatable counterclaim
- permissive or compulsory counterclaim
- third-party complaint, fourth-party
complaint, etc.
- Complaint-in-Intervention
- Answer-in-Intervention
4. Deposits of Collection
T h e C l e r k s o f C o u r t , O f fi c e r s - i n - C h a r g e , o r
their duly authorized officers shall deposit daily the
collections accruing to the Fund with: (a) the SC
PHILJA PMC Trust Fund (Rule 141) LBP Savings
Account No. 3472-1000-08, for collections under
Section 9, Rule 141 of the Revised Rules of Court;
a n d { b ) t h e S C P H I L J A P M C Tr u s t F u n d , L B P
Account No. 0592-1055-60, for collection under
A.M. No. 01-10-5-SC-PHILJA.
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(Emphasis supplied)
H e n c e f o r t h , a l l t h e r e q u i r e d m o n t h l y fi n a n c i a l r e p o r t s a n d
accompanying attachments, as well as queries relative to collection and
deposit of mediation fees shall be directly submitted and coursed
through the following address:
March 1, 2012.
S P. MARQUEZ
~rt Administrator