OCA CIRCULAR NO.

14 -2012

: THE CLERKS OF COURT OF THE COURT OF

APPEALS, S A N D I G A N B AYA N , C O U R T O F TA X
APPEALS, REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS AND FIRST
L E V E L C O U R T S ( M E T R O P O L I TA N T R I A L C O U R T S ,
M U N I C I PA L T R I A L C O U R T S I N C I T I E S , M U N I C I PA L
T R I A L C O U R T S A N D M U N I C I PA L C I R C U I T T R I A L
COURTS)

SUBJECT : R E I T E R AT I O N O F P R O V I S I O N S I ( PA R A G R A P H
A [ 1 ] ) A N D I I ( PA R A G R A P H S 4 AND 5) OF OCA
CIRCULAR NO. 58-2007, AND RESTATEMENT
O F P R O V I S I O N I , PA R A G R A P H A ( 1 ) T H E R E O F, B Y
OCA CIRCULAR NO. 51-2011

I t h a s c o m e t o t h e a t t e n t i o n o f t h i s O f fi c e t h a t d e s p i t e i s s u a n c e o f
OCA Circular No. 58-2007 dated 24 May 2007 (Re: Reiteration of the
Guidelines on the Collection of Fees for the Mediation Fund Under Section
9, Rule 141 [A.M. No. 04-2-04-SC, effective .16 August 2004] and [A.M.
No. 01-10-5-SC PHILJA, dated 16 October 2001]), as well as restatement
o f P r o v i s i o n I , p a r a g r a p h A [ 1 ] t h e r e o f , b y O C A C i r c u l a r N o . 5 1 - 2 0 11 d a t e d
0 6 A p r i l 2 0 11 ( R e : C o n s o l i d a t e d a n d R e v i s e d G u i d e l i n e s t o I m p l e m e n t t h e
Expanded Coverage of Court-Annexed Mediation [CAM] and Judicial
Dispute Resolution [JDR], and Reiteration of the Guidelines on the
Collection of Fees for the Mediation Fund Under Section 9, Rule 141, of
the Rules of Court as Revised and OCA Circular No. 58-2007 dated 24
May 2007), many lower courts still fail to: (a) collect the amount of
P 5 0 0 . 0 0 m e d i a t i o n f e e s , s p e c i fi c a l l y u p o n t h e fi l i n g o f a n A n s w e r w i t h
mediatable permissive or compulsory counterclaim or cross-claim,
complaint-in-intervention, third-party complaint, fourth-party complaint,
etc. in civil cases; (b) deposit the mediation fees collected from any
m e d i a t a b l e c a s e fi l e d a t d i f f e r e n t l e v e l c o u r t s , t o t h e P h i l i p p i n e M e d i a t i o n
Center (PMC) Trust Fund; and (c) submit the PMC Monthly Report of
Collections and Deposits (PMCRCD) directly to the PHILJA Finance
Division, and substantiate the same with the required attachments such
a s t h e d u p l i c a t e c o p y o f o f fi c i a l r e c e i p t / s , v a l i d a t e d d e p o s i t s l i p / s a n d
other relevant supporting papers.

R e l a t i v e t h e r e t o , a l l c o n c e r n e d a r e h e r e b y R E Q U I R E D t o S T R I C T LY
OBSERVE and IMPLEMENT Provisions I and II of OCA Circular No. 58-
2007, as restated by OCA Circular No. 50-2011 insofar as to Provision I,
paragraph A [1] thereof, to wit:

"I. Fees to be Collected for Mediation Fund

A. Clerks of Court of the following courts shall collect

fees to form the Mediation Fund under Section 9, Rule
141, of the Rules of Court as revised in A.M. No. 04-2-
04 (SC, which took effect August 16, 2004, upon the
filing of :

( 1 ) T h e f o l l o w i n g p l e a d i n g s i n t h e R e g i o n a l Tr i a l C o u r t s ,
and First Level Courts the amount of P500.00 Mediation
Fee -
Civil Case -
- A Complaint
- Answer with mediatable counterclaim
- permissive or compulsory counterclaim
- third-party complaint, fourth-party
complaint, etc.
- Complaint-in-Intervention
- Answer-in-Intervention

'II Duty of the Clerks of Court or Officers-in-Charge

4. Deposits of Collection

The depository bank for the Mediation Fund

shall be the Land Bank of the Philippines. The
income and interest earned shall likewise form part
of the Fund.

T h e C l e r k s o f C o u r t , O f fi c e r s - i n - C h a r g e , o r
their duly authorized officers shall deposit daily the
collections accruing to the Fund with: (a) the SC
PHILJA PMC Trust Fund (Rule 141) LBP Savings
Account No. 3472-1000-08, for collections under
Section 9, Rule 141 of the Revised Rules of Court;
a n d { b ) t h e S C P H I L J A P M C Tr u s t F u n d , L B P
Account No. 0592-1055-60, for collection under
A.M. No. 01-10-5-SC-PHILJA.

In the absence of an LBP Branch, Postal

Money Orders (PMO's) payable to the Philippine
Judicial Academy (PHILJA) can be purchased from
the local Post Office and sent to PHII_,JA Finance
Division for proper deposit.
,, 5. Monthly Reports

Separate "Monthly Report of Collection"

shall be regularly prepared for the collections
under Section 9, Rule 141 of the Revised Rules of
Court, and for the collections under A.M. No. 01-
10-5-SC-PHILJA, attaching therewith: (a) the
d u p l i c a t e c o p y o f t h e o f fi c i a l r e c e i p t s i s s u e d
during such month covered; and (b) the
validated copy of the Deposit Slips.

' X X X X X X X X X X X X "
(Emphasis supplied)

H e n c e f o r t h , a l l t h e r e q u i r e d m o n t h l y fi n a n c i a l r e p o r t s a n d
accompanying attachments, as well as queries relative to collection and
deposit of mediation fees shall be directly submitted and coursed
through the following address:

PHILIPPINE JUDICIAL ACADEMY

FINANCE OFFICE - ACCOUNTING DIVISION
3F Centennial Building, Supreme Court
Padre Faura, Manila

For strict compliance.

March 1, 2012.

S P. MARQUEZ
~rt Administrator

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