CIRCULAR
NO. 8-99
TO: ALL CLERKS
OF COURT OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS,
MUNICIPAL
TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS AND MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT
TRIAL
COURTS.
SUBJECT:
INFORMATION
ON STATUTS OF CASES WHEREIN HOLD-DEPARTURE ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
The Commissioner
of Immigration has apprised this Office, through a letter dated 5
January
1999, that as of December 1998, there are 25,501 names of persons in
the
hold-departure list of the Bureau of Immigration. These persons are
subject
of Hold-Departure Orders issued by the Regional Trial Courts as well as
by the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts in Cities,
Municipal
Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts prior to Circular No.
39-97
dated 19 June 1997. The Commissioner of Immigration states that the
Bureau
intends and proposes the mass lifting of the Hold-Departure Orders
which
are already ten [10] years old or more.cralaw:red
In order to obviate
complaints from party litigants that Hold-Departure Orders have been
inactivated
or lifted although the criminal cases in which they had been issued are
still pending or active, it is hereby directed that information be sent
to the Commissioner of Immigration[*]
as to the
status
of the criminal cases to which these Hold-Departure Orders pertain. The
Clerks of Court of the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial
Courts
in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts
should
furnish information on Hold-Departure Orders issued by their respective
courts prior of Circular No. 39-97 dated 19 June 1997.cralaw:red
Information sent
to the Commissioner of Immigration should include the complete name
[including
the middle name] of the person subject of the Hold-Departure Order, the
complete title and docket number of the criminal case in which the said
Hold-Departure Order was issued and the status of the said case as of
the
most recent date. Should there be any order issued by the court lifting
the Hold-Departure Order, a copy thereof shall also be furnished the
Commissioner
of Immigration.cralaw:red
For strict compliance.
[Sgd.]
ALFREDO
L. BENIPAYOCourt
Administrator
_______________________________
[*]
Information
should be sent to the following:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
The
Commissioner
Bureau
of Immigration & Deportation
Magallanes
Drive, Intramuros
Manila
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