MEMORANDUM
CIRCULAR[1975]
TO: ALL
CLERKS OF COURT OF THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND THE CIRCUIT
CRIMINAL
COURTS
Quoted hereunder
for your guidance and appropriate action, is Administrative Order No.
74
dated December 12, 1975 of this Court:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"In the interest
of the administration of justice and with the view to preventing the
erroneous
release of prisoners detained at the New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa,
Rizal,
all Clerks of Courts of the Courts of First Instance, Circuit Criminal
Courts, City and Municipal Courts are hereby directed to formally
inform
the Bureau of Prisons and the Board of Pardons and Parole, Department
of
Justice, of all pending cases and/or appeals made in cases involving
prisoners
detained at the New Bilibid Prison and to furnish the said Bureau of
Prisons
and the Board of Pardons and Parole with certified true copies of the
complaint
or information, the decision rendered by the trial court or the
appellate
court, in case of appeal, together with the order of commitment to
prison
in all cases of conviction and in appeals without bail. In case an
appeal
is filed after the commitment order has been forwarded to the New
Bilibid
Prison, the Director of Prison should be informed of the fact
immediately
by the clerk of court concerned. The information and the documents
should
be transmitted to the aforenamed offices within a period of fifteen
[15]
days from the date of the promulgation of the decision for purposes of
completing and updating the records of the prisoners involved in such
cases.
"This Administrative
Order shall take effect immediately.cralaw:red
"Manila, December
12, 1975.
"[Sgd.]QUERUBE C. MAKALINTAL
Chief
Justice" Strict
compliance with
the afore-quoted Administrative Order is hereby enjoined.
Manila,
December
12, 1975.
[Sgd.]
RICARDO
C. PUNOActing
Judicial Consultant
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