A.M. No. 12-8-8-SC Judicial Affidavit Rule
A.M. No. 12-8-8-SC Judicial Affidavit Rule
A.M. No. 12-8-8-SC Judicial Affidavit Rule
12-8-8-SC
JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT RULE
Types of Cases:
This Rule shall apply to all actions, proceedings, and incidents requiring the
reception of evidence. It does not apply to small claims cases under A.M. 08-8-7-SC;
1. The Metropolitan Trial Courts, the Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, the
Municipal Trial Courts, the Municipal Circuit Trial Courts, and the
Shari' a Circuit Courts
2. The Regional Trial Courts and the Shari'a District Courts;
3. The Sandiganbayan, the Court of Tax Appeals, the Court of Appeals,
and the Shari'a Appellate Courts;
4. The investigating officers and bodies authorized by the Supreme Court
to receive evidence, including the Integrated Bar of the Philippine
(IBP); and
5. The special courts and quasi-judicial bodies, whose rules of procedure
are subject to disapproval of the Supreme Court, insofar as their existing
rules of procedure contravene the provisions of this Rule.1
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