Reference OCA Circular No. 102 2011
Reference OCA Circular No. 102 2011
Reference OCA Circular No. 102 2011
Supreme Court
Offite of t~e Court ~Ibmini~trator
ManiIa
1 "Authorizing the Court Administrator to Act on and Approve Requests of Lower Courts for the Hiring of
Sign Language Interpreters"
2 "Guidelines on the Payment of the Services of a Hired Sign Language Interpreter"
a) Confirmation/Approval by the Court Administrator of
the designation as sign language interpreter;
b) Certificate of appearance issued by the Branch Clerk
of Court of Officer-in-Charge;
c) Certified copy of the minutes of the hearing.
"3. For cases to be heard within the NCJR, the designated sign
language interpreter shall be entitled to a fee to be fixed by the
Court Administrator in a per day or per appearance basis.
"4. For cases to be heard outside the NCJR, the sign language
interpreter shall likewise be entitled to an additional expense
allowance, and traveling and transportation allowance subject
to the guidelines set forth under SC Administrative Circular
No. 15-2005 dated March 22, 2005, if the sign language
interpreter shall come from the NCJR. However, where there is
an available sign language interpreter outside the NCJR, they
shall only be entitled to the fee fixed by the Court
Administrator
"In the interest of the service, and in order to avoid delays in the
processing of analogous requests of lower courts, the Court may
similarly authorize the Court Administrator to act on and grant requests
of trial court judges to hire the services of foreign language interpreters,
such as German, Japanese, Chinese interpreters and the like, in actions
or proceedings where such services would be rendered. The guidelines
set forth in the payment of service/s rendered by a hired sign language
interpreter as cited in OCA Circular No. 104-2007, may likewise be
adopted for purposes of the payment of services of hired foreign
language interpreter/s.
19 July 2011.
~_~urt Administrator
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