Practice question
A judicial-service request was filed before the2024 Guidelines’ effective date. A litigant insists AO101-2024 retroactively displaces AO251-2020 for every earlier request, ignoring Section4.1. Which is best?
- Every older request automatically becomes invalid
- The effective date is irrelevant to the Guidelines
- The parties may select either text solely for convenience
- Section4.1 expressly preserves AO251-2020 for judicial-document requests filed before effectivity
- All new requests forever remain under the old Guidelines
Legal references
- AO101-2024 Section4.1; OCA Circular254-2024 effectivity notice: https://oca.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/OCA-Circular-No.-254-2024.pdf
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