Republic of the Philippines

Supreme Court Office of the Court Administrator

Manila

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 120-2014

TO: ALL JUDGES AND CLERKS OF COURT OF

SELECTED FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS IN QUEZON CITY, MAKATI CITY, ANGELES CITY, ILOILO CITY, DAVAO CITY, AND CEBU CITY

SUBJECT: PILOTING OF A NEW SYSTEM FOR SPEEDY COURT

TRIAL

The Supreme Court En Banc, in a Resolution dated 18 March 2014 in A.M. No. 14-03-02-SC (Re: Program for Piloting and Assessing the Proposed Revised Rules of Civil Procedure), approved the Piloting of a New System for Speedy Court Trial, the full text of which is appended herein as “Annex A.”

The rules of the new system shall apply to all civil actions which have

not yet undergone pre-trial in the selected first- and second-level courts mentioned in said rules, and shall take effect on 23 February 2015.

For your information, guidance, and strict compliance. 12 September 2014. JOSE MIDAS P. MARQUEZ Court Administrator