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REVISED RULES ON THE CONDUCT OF THE BAR EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER REMINDERS

IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE READ THESE REVISED RULES CAREFULLY. ANY VIOLATION OF THESE RULES MAY BE CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT CAUSE FOR THE NULLIFICATION OF YOUR EXAMINATION AND/OR DISQUALIFICATION FROM FUTURE BAR EXAMINATIONS AS MAY BE WARRANTED.

General Rules 1. No refund of the examination fee will be allowed, whether your petition to take the Bar Examinations is approved or not. In case you are unable to take the examinations, 75% of the fee you paid may be applied to a future Bar Examination. 2. Failure to take any subject or portion of the examinations will bar you from taking the rest of the examinations.

Schedule of the Bar Examinations First Sunday October 7, 2012 TIME GATES OPEN GATES CLOSE 8:00 A.M. 12:00 NN 5:00 A.M. 7:30 A.M. - lunch break - 12:00 NN 2:00 P.M. 12:00 NN 1:30 P.M. Labor and Social Legislation SUBJECT Political Law

2:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M.

Second Sunday October 14, 2012 SUBJECT Civil Law TIME GATES OPEN GATES CLOSE 8:00 A.M. 12:00 NN 5:00 A.M. 7:30 A.M. 12:00 NN 1:30 P.M. -

- lunch break - 12:00 NN 2:00 P.M. Taxation 2:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M.

Third Sunday October 21, 2012 SUBJECT Mercantile Law TIME 8:00 A.M. 12:00 NN GATES OPEN GATES CLOSE 5:00 A.M. 7:30 A.M.

- lunch break - 12:00 NN 2:00 P.M. Criminal Law 2:00 P.M. 5:00 P.M.

12:00 NN -

1:30 P.M. -

Fourth Sunday October 28, 2012 TIME GATES OPEN GATES CLOSE 5:00 A.M. 7:30 A.M. Remedial Law 8:00 A.M. 12:00 NN - lunch break - 12:00 NN 1:30 P.M. Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises What to bring: 1. Bar Examination Kit (Notice of Admission, color-coded Identification Card, these Rules/Guidelines). The Notice of Admission shall serve as your entry pass and as your permit to take the Bar Examinations. It shall indicate your room assignment for the entire duration of the examination. The color-coded Identification Card, on the other hand, will indicate your building and floor assignment. You are required to wear this ID at all times. 2. Black/blue fountain pen or sign pen for the essay exams and for filling up forms, and at least two No. 2 pencils, an eraser and a sharpener for the MCQ exams. You will need to bring both pens and pencils for all four Sundays. You may also bring: 1. Books, notes, or any other review materials, and a copy of these guidelines inside the examination room but the same should be put aside at the sound of the first bell, 15 minutes before the examination starts. 2. Sweaters or jackets for your comfort and convenience as the examination rooms are fully air conditioned. Before Starting the Examination: 1. Familiarize yourself with the examination compound map (ANNEX A). 2. Come early. Take note of the times at which gates open and close as indicated above. After the gates have closed, no one will be allowed to enter the campus without permission from the Chairman. 1:30 P.M. 5:00 P.M. 12:00 NN 1:00 P.M. SUBJECT

3. Examinees are not allowed to bring their vehicles inside the campus or park within the campus. 4. Examinees assigned to take the examination at St. Martin de Porres Building (Medicine Building) and St. Raymonds Building (AB/Commerce Building) may enter the campus only through Gates 2 or 3 along Espaa Boulevard. Examinees assigned to take the examination at the Benavides Building (Pay High School Building) and the Main Building may enter the campus only through Gate 4, also along Espaa Boulevard. 5. Upon entering the gate, be ready with your Notice of Admission and colorcoded Identification Card. Wear the ID around your neck to expedite entry. 6. Submit yourself for inspection and deposit all electronic gadgets to the security personnel assigned at the entrance. 7. Proceed to your room assignment. Do not loiter. 8. Present the Notice of Admission to the head watcher. You may attend to your personal needs before the FIRST BELL (15 minutes before the exam begins), but be sure to be in the examination room at the sound of the FIRST BELL. 9. At the sound of the FIRST BELL, all books and notes should also be placed in front of the room. An examinee will be considered cheating if caught with notes or codigos during the examination. 10. Begin answering only at the sound of the SECOND BELL (start of the exam). Anyone caught answering before the SECOND BELL will be dealt with accordingly. Instructions for the Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) Exam: 1. Write your name, signature and Bar Examinee (B.E.) number on the MCQ ANSWER SHEET using a sign pen or fountain pen, BUT remember to shade the numbers corresponding to your B.E. number using only a No. 2 pencil. The scanning machine cannot read the numbers if they have not been shaded properly using a No. 2 pencil. Also, shading the wrong numbers may result in your scores not being credited to you. So please take care to shade the correct numbers. If your B.E. number is only three numbers, say 984, you need to write it as 0984 and shade also the circle for the number 0. Study the attached sample MCQ ANSWER SHEET (ANNEX B) and familiarize yourself with it. 2. Make sure the answer sheet you have is for the correct exam, i.e., Mercantile Law answer sheet for the Mercantile Law exam, Criminal Law answer sheet for the Criminal Law exam, etc. 3. Before the SECOND BELL, and with the questionnaire facing down, check if your questionnaire has the complete number of pages. 4. Begin answering only at the sound of the SECOND BELL. Indicate your answer by shading the appropriate circle corresponding to the letter you have chosen. REMEMBER to shade the circle completely and use only a No. 2 pencil in shading the MCQ answer sheet. Answers that are incorrectly shaded or shaded using a sign pen or fountain pen cannot be scanned by the scanning machine and will not be credited.

5. Avoid erasures on the answer sheet. But if you must make corrections, erase completely any answer you may wish to change. See ANNEX B for Marking Instructions. 6. When answering, see to it that the answer you are shading in the answer sheet pertains to the correct question number; otherwise, you might end up shading answers for the wrong numbers for the rest of the examination. 7. Do not shade more than one answer per number; a number with two or more answers will automatically be marked wrong. 8. Do not explain your answers in the MCQ portion of the exam; you will not earn any credit for that. 9. Keep the answer sheet clean. Do not make any unnecessary marks on it. Do not fold, roll, scratch, crumple or tear it. 10. You may write on the questionnaire and use it as scratch paper but make sure to transfer your answer to the answer sheet. Provide ample time to transfer the answers if you choose to do this. 11. Budget your time accordingly. For the major subjects, you will have 4 hours to answer around 100 MCQs and 10 essay questions. For the minor subjects, except legal ethics, you will have 3 hours to answer around 75 MCQs and 10 essay questions. The last exam (legal ethics and practical exercises) will consist of MCQs and the trial memorandum writing test. It will last for 3 hours.

Essay Exam Reminders: 1. Only sign pens and fountain pens in permanent blue, blue-black or black ink should be used in writing your answers to the essay questions. Variation in the color of ink and the style of your handwriting should be avoided. 2. Once you receive your notebook (after the FIRST BELL), check that you have an Essay Grading Sheet attached to your notebook. Study the sample essay grading sheet attached here as Annex C and familiarize yourself with it. 3. The grading sheet has a detachable/perforated portion for your name and signature. Write your name and signature in the appropriate space using a sign pen or fountain pen. Also, using a sign pen or fountain pen, write your B.E. number in the boxes provided. Then, using a No. 2 pencil, shade the corresponding numbers below your B.E. number. Remember to use only a No. 2 pencil in shading the numbers corresponding to your B.E. number. If you shade using a pen, the scanning machine will not be able to read the numbers and your scores will not be credited to you. 4. Do not mark or write on the examiners' grading portion. 5. Write your answers legibly and avoid erasures. But if you make a mistake and wish to erase anything, simply draw a line across the word or words you want to change or erase. 6. You may write on the questionnaire or use it as scratch paper. 7. Write your answers on one side of the paper only on the face and not on the back page.

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The THIRD BELL signals that only 5 minutes are left before the end of the examination. The FOURTH BELL signifies the end of the exam and would require that you submit both your answer sheet and notebook with grading sheet to the head watcher. After Finishing the Examination:

1. After every examination and before leaving the room, ask for your Notice of Admission from the head watcher, who shall accomplish the certification at the back. 2. Your Notice of Admission will be retained by the head watcher at the end of the last examination (Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises). Other reminders: 1. In case the exam has started and you feel the need to go to the restroom, ask permission from your assigned room watcher. 2. Avoid talking to anyone during the exam; if you have a question or have any other concern, call the attention of your room watcher. 3. Only light snacks, which the examinees may take in the course of the examination, shall be allowed inside the examination rooms. Eating lunch is allowed at the Quadricentennial Park located at the back of the Main Building, on park benches, the gazebo area inside the Main Building, and inside the canteens located in the Benavides and St. Martin de Porres Buildings. Examinees may also take their lunch outside the campus but must return before the gates close, i.e. 30 minutes before the next examination. 4. If at any time you start feeling sick, immediately inform your room watcher for proper treatment or medication. 5. Bringing of deadly weapons, cameras, tape recorders, cell phones, other radio or stereo equipment, communication gadgets or any other electronic device is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. 6. Cigarettes and liquors are STRICTLY PROHIBITED anywhere within the campus. 7. Keep the Bar examination venue clean. 8. MAKE SURE you submit both your answer sheet and notebook with grading sheet to the head watcher after finishing the exam and before leaving the room. Never leave the room with them. 9. REMEMBER to claim your Notice of Admission after every exam except the last exam. 10. Do not discuss your answers inside the examination room.