QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 972)
It fixes the passing marks for Bar Examinations for the period from 1946 up to and including 1955, allowing candidates with certain general averages and subject grades to take and subscribe the oath of office as members of the Philippine Bar.
RA 972 explicitly states it applies "Notwithstanding the provisions of section fourteen, Rule Numbered One hundred twenty-seven of the Rules of Court."
For bar examinations "after July fourth, nineteen hundred and forty-six" up to and including the "August nineteen hundred and fifty-one bar examinations" and for subsequent years up to 1955 as specified in Section 1.
A general average of seventy percent (70%).
1952: 71%; 1953: 72%; 1954: 73%; 1955: 74%.
No candidate should obtain a grade below fifty percent (50%) in any subject.
The bar candidate is allowed to take and subscribe the corresponding oath of office as a member of the Philippine Bar.
Any exact one-half or more of a fraction is considered as one and included as part of the next whole number.
The candidate is deemed to have passed in such subject or subjects, and that 75% grade or grades are included when computing the passing general average for subsequent examinations.
Individual subject results can be carried over: a grade of 75% in any subject after July 4, 1946 is deemed as passed in that subject and is included in computing the general average in subsequent examinations.
No. Section 2 specifically provides that a bar candidate who obtained a grade of seventy-five percent (75%) in any subject qualifies for carry-over/passing in such subject(s).
They depend on compliance with all conditions. For Section 1 relief (oath/qualification), the candidate must meet the required general average for the relevant year and must not have any subject grade below 50%. For Section 2 benefits, the candidate must have obtained 75% in a subject.
Upon its approval ("This Act shall take effect upon its approval").
It states: "Enacted on June 21, 1953, without the Executive approval."