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A. M. No. 00-11-01-SC RE: AMENDMENT TO THE RULE ON SUMMARY PROCEDURE OF CRIMINAL CASES TO INCLUDE WITHIN ITS COVERAGE VIOLATIONS OF B.P. BLG. 22, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOUNCING CHECKS LAW RESOLUTION Acting on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Rules of Court submitting for this Court’s consideration and approval the Proposed Amendment To The Rule On Summary Procedure Of Criminal Cases To Include Within its Coverage Violations of B.P. Big. 22, Otherwise Known As The Bouncing Checks Law , the Court Resolved to APPROVE the same. The amendment shall take effect on April 15, 2003 following its publication in a newspaper of general circulation not later than March 30, 2003. March 25, 2003. AMENDMENT TO THE RULE ON SUMMARY PROCEDURE OF CRIMINAL CASES TO INCLUDE WITHIN ITS COVERAGE VIOLATIONS OF B.P. BLG. 22, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOUNCING CHECKS LAW Section 1 of the Revised Rule on Summary Procedure (Resolution of the Court En Banc dated October 15, 1991) , is amended as follows:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary “Section 1. Scope. This rule shall govern the summary procedure in Metropolitan Trial Courts, the Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts, and the Municipal Circuit Trial Courts in the following cases falling within their jurisdiction. A. Civil Cases:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary xxx B. Criminal Cases:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary xxx 4. Violations of Batas Pambansa Bilang 22 (Bouncing Checks Law) ; 5. All other criminal cases where the penalty prescribed by law for the offense charged is imprisonment not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos (P1,000.00), or both, irrespective of other imposable penalties, accessory or otherwise, or of the civil liability arising therefrom: Provided, however, that in offenses involving damage to property through criminal negligence, this Rule shall govern where the imposable fine does not exceed ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00). This Rule shall not apply to a civil case where the plaintiff’s cause of action is pleaded in the same complaint with another cause of action subject to the ordinary procedure; nor to a criminal case where the offense charged is necessarily related to another criminal case subject to ordinary procedure.”

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A. M. No. 00-11-01-SCRE: AMENDMENT TO THE RULE ON SUMMARY PROCEDURE OF CRIMINAL CASES TO INCLUDE WITHIN ITS COVERAGE VIOLATIONS OFB.P. BLG. 22, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOUNCING CHECKS LAWRESOLUTIONActing on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Rules of Court submitting for this Courts consideration and approval the Proposed Amendment ToThe Rule On Summary Procedure Of Criminal CasesTo Include Within its Coverage Violations ofB.P. Big. 22, Otherwise Known As The Bouncing Checks Law, the Court Resolved to APPROVE the same.The amendment shall take effect on April 15, 2003 following its publication in a newspaper of general circulation not later than March 30, 2003.March 25, 2003.AMENDMENT TO THE RULE ON SUMMARY PROCEDURE OF CRIMINAL CASES TO INCLUDE WITHIN ITS COVERAGE VIOLATIONS OFB.P. BLG. 22, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOUNCING CHECKS LAWSection 1 of theRevised Rule on Summary Procedure (Resolution of the Court En Banc dated October 15, 1991), is amended as follows:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary

Section 1. Scope. This rule shall govern the summary procedure in Metropolitan Trial Courts, the Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts, and the Municipal Circuit Trial Courts in the following cases falling within their jurisdiction.A. Civil Cases:chanroblesvirtuallawlibraryxxxB. Criminal Cases:chanroblesvirtuallawlibraryxxx4. Violations ofBatas Pambansa Bilang 22 (Bouncing Checks Law);5. All other criminal cases where the penalty prescribed by law for the offense charged is imprisonment not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos (P1,000.00), or both, irrespective of other imposable penalties, accessory or otherwise, or of the civil liability arising therefrom: Provided, however, that in offenses involving damage to property through criminal negligence, this Rule shall govern where the imposable fine does not exceed ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00).This Rule shall not apply to a civil case where the plaintiffs cause of action is pleaded in the same complaint with another cause of action subject to the ordinary procedure; nor to a criminal case where the offense charged is necessarily related to another criminal case subject to ordinary procedure.