POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/LEGAL AND JUDICIAL ETHICS FOR THE 2013 BAR EXAMS: Notes: The Chief Justice of the Honorable Supreme Court recently reiterated this policy, in light of the repeated practice of court personnel of going to foreign countries without obtaining prior permission or belatedly filing their leaves upon their return. Personnel of the lower courts are even required to obtain clearance as to pending criminal and administrative cases filed against them, if any, and those who shall leave the country without travel authority issued by the Office of the Court Administrator shall be subject to disciplinary action. In several cases, the Court had held administratively liable and disciplined a Clerk of Court, Court Stenographer,Stenographic Reporter, Deputy Sheriff, and a Utility Worker, for travelling without the necessary court authority. That means that the pendency of even an administrative case is sufficient basis to deny the right to travel of court employees. This denial is effected by the withholding of the necessary endorsements by the Supreme Court’s administrative officers.(Citations Omitted, Supreme Court Decisions) (2013 TACORDA BIDO BERNABE DE LA VEGA & NAPAY - LITUSQUEN FILES/NOTES 677)
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