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A.M. No. 11-9-4-SC
EFFICIENT USE OF PAPER 11ULE
(Re: DEFERRED COMPLIANCE WITH SOFT-COPY
REQUIREMENT OF THE EFFICIENT USE Of- PAPER RULE)
\NHEREAS, on November '13, 2012 the Court issued the Efficient
Use of Paper Rule, the pertinent portion of Section 5 of which reads:
Parties to cases before the Supreme Court are further
required, on voluntary basis for the first six months [January 1 to
June 30, 2013] following the effectivity of this Rule and
compulsorily afterwards unless the period is extended, to submit,
simultaneously with their court-bound papers, sort copies of the
same and their annexes (the latter in PDF, format) either to the
Court's e-mail address or by compact disc. This requirement is in
preparation for the establishment of an e-filing paperless
system in the judiciary.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the above, the compulsory submission of
soft copies of pleadings and annexes to the Supreme Court will begin on
,July 1, 2013 unless the Court extends th8 date;
WHEREAS, the Court is still enhancing its system for processing
and using the soft copies of court--bound papers that are filed with it and
many law practitioners are not yet prepared for full compliance with the
submission requirement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Court RESOLVED, as it hereby
RESOLVES, to EXTEND the PERIOD OF VOLUNTARY
of soft copies of court-bound papers in cases before the Supreme Court
from June 30 to October 1, 20 13, AND AFTERWARDS REQUIRE THE
COMPULSORY SUBMISSION OF THE SAME.
Let this Resolution be published in two newspapers of general
circulation in the Philippines.
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Manila, ,Jtme 18, 2013.

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