QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 2613)
They are received by the corresponding clerk of court and, absent a special provision, paid into the National Treasury to the credit of the proper account or fund under regulations prescribed by the Auditor General.
RA 2613 provides that twenty percent (20%) of all fees collected shall be set aside as a special fund for the compensation of attorneys de oficio, as provided for in the Rules of Court.
No. A clerk shall not receive money belonging to private parties except where the same is paid to him or into court by authority of law.
When the value in controversy exceeds ₱200,000 (exclusive of interest and costs), or when the title or possession of real estate valued above ₱200,000 is involved, as ascertained by the oath of a party or other competent evidence.
Yes. The Supreme Court also has exclusive jurisdiction over all appeals in civil cases, even if the value is ₱200,000 or less, when the evidence involved is the same as the evidence submitted in the appealed civil case within the Supreme Court’s exclusive jurisdiction.
Courts of First Instance have original jurisdiction in cases where the demand (exclusive of interest) or the value of the property in controversy amounts to more than ₱5,000.
Courts of First Instance have appellate jurisdiction over all cases arising in municipal and justice of the peace courts in their respective provinces, except appeals from cases tried by justices of the peace of provincial capitals or municipal judges exercising authority under the last paragraph of Section 87.
It enumerates sixteen judicial districts and their respective provinces/cities/subprovinces. For example: the First Judicial District covers Cagayan, Batanes, Isabela, and Nueva Vizcaya; the Sixth Judicial District is the City of Manila; the Fourteenth includes Cebu, Cebu City, and Bohol.
Twenty-two (22) judges are commissioned for the Sixth Judicial District. They preside over Courts of First Instance of Manila and are known as judges of the first through twenty-second branches.
It states that the permanent station of judges of the Sixth Judicial District shall be in the City of Manila.
In other districts, court shall be held at the capitals or places in which the respective judges are permanently stationed, except as specified in the law.
At Santo Domingo de Basco, Batanes, on the first Tuesday of March each year; and a special term also in the municipalities of Ballesteros and Tuao (Cagayan) once a year.
A person must be at least 25 years old; a Philippine citizen; of good moral character and not convicted of any felony; admitted by the Supreme Court to the practice of law; and must have practiced law in the Philippines for at least three years, or held an office requiring such admission for the same period.
They have original jurisdiction over (1) violations of municipal/city ordinances within their territorial jurisdiction; (2) specified criminal offenses under enumerated categories (e.g., gambling/lotteries, certain assaults, larceny/embezzlement/estafa below ₱200, sale of intoxicating liquors, impersonation, malicious mischief, trespass, threatening to take human life, illegal possession of firearms); and (3) other offenses except election law violations where the penalty is not more than six months or not more than ₱200 fine, or both.
They may conduct preliminary investigations for any offense committed within their municipalities/cities without regard to punishment limits and may release, or commit and bind over any person to secure appearance before the proper court.
They have like jurisdiction as the Court of First Instance to try offenses where the penalty does not exceed prision correccional or imprisonment for not more than six years or fine not exceeding ₱3,000 (or both), and in absence of the district judge, they may exercise like jurisdiction within the province to hear application for bail.
Exclusive original jurisdiction where the value of the subject matter or amount of the demand does not exceed ₱5,000, exclusive of interests and costs.