8/16/2019 Resolution_01_2007 - Exemption 75 Yrs and Above

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SUPNEME

COUNT

OF

THE

PI.IILIPPINES

IUIANDATORY

GOI{TINUING

LEGAL

EDUGATIOI{

OFFICE

4th

Floot

IBP

Buitding

15

Dofra

Julia

Vargas

Avenue

Giry

RESOLUTION

NO.

01-2007

WHEREAS,

there

are

several

lawyer

seventy-five

(75) years

and

above,

who

have

filed

applications

for

retirement

irom

liw'practice

or

exemption

from

compliance

with

MCLE

requirements

for

being

no

longer

in active law practice, private or public,

under

section 2

(a),

nile

z

of

Bar

Matter

No.

850;

WHEREAS,

section

22,

Articte

ll

of

the By-Laws

of

the

Integrated

B.ar..of

the

Philippines,

provides

that

any

member

in

good

standin

who

shall

have

attained

the

age

of

seventy-five

years,

or

shall

have

been

a

lawyer

for

forty

years,

or who

shall

by

reason

of

physical

disability

is

unable

to

engage

in

the

practice

of

law,

may

be

retired

fiom

the

Integrateo

Bar

of

the

Philippines

upon

a

verified petitioh

to

the

Board

of

Govern6rs;

WHEREAS,

those

apprications

for

MCLE

exemption

or

retirement

were

fonrvarded

to

the

IBP and are still awaiting

action

by

the

lBp

Board

of

Gover@rs' t

WHEREAS,

the

MCLE

office

has

been

flooded

with

follow-ups

and

gue|9:

from

lawyers

requesting

for

exemption

but unwilling

to

retiie

from

the

IBP

because

they

want

to remain

members

of the

Baifor

the

rest

of

their

lives;

WHEREAS,

based

on

section

1,

Rule

7

of Bar

Matter

No.

gs0,

retired

members

of

the

judiciary

are

exempted

with

the

MCLE

requirements

even

if

some

of

them

still

engage

in

tire

practice

of law;

$uHrneroRE,

aware

of the

plight

of

lawyer-retirees

who

refuse

to

give

up

their

IBP

membership,

the

MCLE

Governing

Board

finds

it

logical,

compassionate,

and

reasonable

to

exempt

lawyers

who

are

seventi_five

years

old

and

above,

from

compliance

with

MCIE

requirements

and'atto*

them

to

perform

notarial

work

only

for

a

living;

WHEREFORE,

pursuant

to

section

2

(a),

Rule

7

of Bar

Matter

No.

850,

the

MCLE

Governing

Board

resolved

io'exempt

lawyers

aged

75

years

and

above

who

are

not

engaged

in

active

law

practice,

pub'iic

and

private,

after

complying

with

the

foregoing

requirements

subject

to

the

following

conditions:

(a)

l5-f,ii,l''1ll,Jffl

11,"","i"

u3',',i1,,

"'i,11?llii:",:T

certificate

of live

birth

from

the

Nationai

Statistics

Office

or

any

acceptable

proof

of

age;

(b)

An

undertaking

that

he/shJwiil

not

be

engaged

in

the

practice

of

law

other

than

notarial

work:

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(c)

Pay

the MCLE

exemption

fee

of P1,000.00

under

Section

15

(c)

of

the Mandatory

Continuing Legal

Education

lmplementing

Regulations;

and

(d)

Pay

IBP

dues

and other fees

required

by the IBP

Governing

Board.

This

resolution

shall

take

effect immediately.

26 April

2007.

Approved:

MCLE

Governing

Board

UEVA

RES D. BAUTISTA

mber,

representing the

Philippine Association of

Law

Schools

l't

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JOSE

VTCENTE

B.

SALAZAR

Member,

representin

tne lee

f,

DANILO

L. CONCEPCION

Member,

representing

the

U.P. Law

Center

UINO

Member, representing

the

Philippine

Judicial Academy