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Subject: Granting Incentives To Judges Who Are Given Additional

The document summarizes a circular issued by the Court Administrator regarding incentives for judges assigned additional duties hearing cases in other courts. It states that judges assigned to hear cases in other branches of their court or other courts of the same level will receive an additional daily expense allowance of 500 pesos per day, up to 6,000 pesos per month. They will also receive a 500 peso monthly hardship allowance for each additional branch assigned. The allowances will be paid from savings in the appropriations of the branches whose cases they hear.

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Subject: Granting Incentives To Judges Who Are Given Additional

The document summarizes a circular issued by the Court Administrator regarding incentives for judges assigned additional duties hearing cases in other courts. It states that judges assigned to hear cases in other branches of their court or other courts of the same level will receive an additional daily expense allowance of 500 pesos per day, up to 6,000 pesos per month. They will also receive a 500 peso monthly hardship allowance for each additional branch assigned. The allowances will be paid from savings in the appropriations of the branches whose cases they hear.

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CIRCULAR NO.

12-99 February 25, 1999

TO: THE JUDGES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS, METROPOLITAN TRIAL


COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS
AND MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS.

SUBJECT: GRANTING INCENTIVES TO JUDGES WHO ARE GIVEN ADDITIONAL


DUTY OF HEARING AND DECIDING CASES OF OTHER BRANCHES OF THEIR
COURTS OR OF OTHER COURTS OF THE SAME LEVEL.

For the information and guidance of all concerned, quoted hereunder is the resolution of the
Court En Banc dated February 2, 1999 in A.M. No. 99-1-04-SC — Re: Granting Incentives to Judges
who are given Additional Duty of Hearing and Deciding Cases of other Branches of their Courts or of
other Courts of the same Level.

Effective immediately, Judges of Regional Trial Courts (RTC), Metropolitan Trial


Courts (MeTC), Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts (MTC) and
Municipal Circuit Trial Courts (MCTC) who are given additional assignment of
hearing and deciding cases of other branches of the RTC, MeTC or MTCC, or of
other MTC or MCTC, as the case may be, shall be entitled to an additional expense
allowance at the rate of Five Hundred (P500) a day for every day rendered in the
other branch or branches but in one case to exceed Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000) a
month, and chargeable against the regular appropriations for representation and
travel allowances for such other branch or branches which are deemed savings in
such item for the duration of the vacancy of such branch or branches.

In addition to the foregoing, such judges shall be given a monthly, hardship allowance of Five
Hundred Pesos (P500) for every additional branch that is assigned to them, chargeable against the
savings of the lower courts or the Judiciary Development Fund.

City of Manila, 2 February 1999.

February 25, 1999.

(Sgd.) ALFREDO L. BENIPAYO

Court Administrator

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