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Reer etc. vs. Lubao

JUVY P. CIOCON-REER, ANGELINA P. CIOCON, MARIVIT P. CIOCON-HERNANDEZ, AND REMBERTO C. KARAAN, SR., COMPLAINANTS, VS. JUDGE ANTONIO C. LUBAO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 22, GENERAL SANTOS CITY, RESPONDENT.

A.M. OCA IPI No. 09-3210-RTJ | 2016-02-03

R E S O L U T I O N
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
In its Resolution promulgated on 20 June 2012,[1] the Court found Remberto C. Karaan, Sr. (Karaan)[2] guilty of indirect contempt for unauthorized practice of law. The Court ruled that under Section 3(e), Rule 71 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, a person "[a]ssuming to be an attorney or an officer of a court, and acting as such without authority," is liable for indirect contempt of court. The penalty for indirect contempt committed against a Regional Trial Court or a court of equivalent or higher rank is a fine not exceeding P30,000 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both....