Professional Documents
Culture Documents
c. Conciliation
3. Objectives:
a. Settle disputes within the basic political unit
b. Speedy administration of Justice
the
family as
the
basic
b. Exceptions:
i. Section 408, LGC, Section 2 Rules VI IRR
5. Jurisdiction
a. General Rule All disputes involving parties
who actually reside in the same city or
municipality
social
their
4. Parties cognizable
a. Only individuals
c. Jurisprudence
i. Tavora v. Veloso, 117 SCRA 613 (1982)
ii. Garces v. Court of Appeals, 162 SCRA 504
(1988)
7. Legal Effect
a. Suspension of the prescriptive periods of offense
during the settlement of dispute
b. Term of Office
c. Functions/Duty of the Lupon
d. Benefits of members
9. Pangkat na Tagapagkasundo
a. Members
b. Functions/duty
c. Effect of Failure to mediate/ arbitrate
i. Local Indigenous system Tribal Leaders
in cases of dispute among members of
Indigenous cultural Communities (Section
I Rule IX, IRR - settled in accordance with
the recognized customs and traditions
- procedure
- effect of failure to mediate/arbitrate
10.
d. Period of settlement
e. When to resort to arbitration (Section 9 Rule VI,
IRR
- Rules on arbitration proceedings
11.
Amicable
Settlement
and
Arbitration
Award
a. Forms and solemnities of amicable settlement
and arbitration award (Sec. 13, Rule VI, IRR
b. Effect Section 416, LGC) - Effect of
Amicable
Settlement
and
Arbitration
Award. - The amicable settlement and
arbitration award shall have the force and effect
of a final judgment of a court upon the
expiration of ten (10) days from the date
thereof, unless repudiation of the settlement
has been made or a petition to nullify the award
has been filed before the proper city or
municipal court. However, this provision shall
not apply to court cases settled by the lupon
under the last paragraph of Section 408 of this
Code, in which case the compromise settlement
agreed upon by the parties before the lupon
chairman or the pangkat chairman shall be
submitted to the court and upon approval
thereof, have the force and effect of a judgment
of said court.
d. Enforcement/ Execution
(Section 417, LGC)
of
judegment/award