OCA Circular No. 130-06

August 29, 2006

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 130-06

TO	:	All Executive/Presiding Judges and Clerks of Court/Accountable Officers/Branch Clerks of Court, Officer-in-Charge of the First and Second Level Courts

SUBJECT	:	Collection and Payment of Motion for Postponement

This Office has been receiving queries on the payment of motion for postponement which has been perceived by some party litigants and lawyers as one of those suspended in a Resolution issued by the Court En Banc dated September 21, 2004 in

Considering that motion for postponement is not a new item and had been previously implemented under amended Rule 141 of the

Only the new rates prescribed in the Amended Rule 141 of the

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"That for the first postponement, the fee to be collected is one hundred pesos (P100.00); one hundred fifty pesos (P150.00) for the second postponement; two hundred pesos (P200.00) for the third; two hundred fifty pesos (P250.00) for the fourth, and so forth. " DTSaIc

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Any uncollected amounts of motion for postponements shall be deemed lien on the judgment and shall be payable to the Court concerned.

For strict compliance.

(SGD.) CHRISTOPHER O. LOCK
Court Administrator