Rule 3 - How the Commission Transacts Business

Section 1. How Business is Transacted. - In the exercise of its Constitutional or

statutory powers, functions, and duties, the Commission may sit en banc or in to
Divisions.

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Sec. 2. The Commission En Banc. - The Commission shall sit en banc in cases
hereinafter specifically provided, or in pre-proclamation cases upon a vote of a
majority of the members of the Commission, or in all other cases where a division
is not authorized to act, or where, upon a unanimous vote of all the Members of a
Division, an interlocutory matter or issue relative to an action or proceeding
before it is decided to be referred to the Commission en banc.

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Sec. 3. The Commission Sitting in Divisions. - The Commission shall sit in two (2)
Divisions to hear and decide protests or petitions in ordinary actions, special
actions, special cases, provisional remedies, contempt, and special proceedings
except in accreditation of citizen's arms of the Commission.

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Sec. 4. Composition of a Division. - Each Division shall be composed of three

Commissioners,

one

of

whom

shall

be

the

Presiding

Commissioner.

Commission en banc shall determine who shall compose a Division.

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Sec. 5. Quorum; Votes Required. - (a) When sitting en banc, four (4) Members of
the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business.
The concurrence of a majority of the Members of the Commission shall be
necessary for the pronouncement of a decision, resolution, order or ruling.

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(b) When sitting in Division, two (2) Members of a Division shall constitute a
quorum to transact business. The concurrence of at least two (2) Members of a
Division shall be necessary to reach a decision, resolution, order or ruling. If this
required number is not obtained, the case shall be automatically elevated to the
Commission en banc for decision or resolution.

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(c) Any motion to reconsider a decision, resolution, order or ruling of a Division

shall be resolved by the Commission en banc except motions on interlocutory
orders of the division which shall be resolved by the division which issued the
order.

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Sec. 6. Change in Composition; Substitution. - The composition of a Division may

be changed by the Chairman of the Commission whenever necessary, Provided
that no change shall be made more than once every three (3) months; Provided
Moreover, that notice thereof in writing shall be furnished the parties in cases
pending before the Division concerned.

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Whenever there is a vacancy in a Division because a member inhibits himself, is

absent, or is disqualified from sitting in a case, or when a division has only two (2)
regular members, the Chairman may appoint a substitute Commissioner, or the
Chairman himself may sit as substitute or third member, and in that event he shall
preside.

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Sec. 7. Sessions. - The Commission or the Divisions shall hold sessions on such
days and time as it may specify at the session hall of the Commission, or at such
other places in the Philippines as it may designate.

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Sec. 8. Assignment of Cases. - The assignment of cases of the two (2) Divisions
herein constituted shall be done strictly through raffle to be conducted regularly
by the Chairman of the Commission in the presence of at least a majority of the
Commissioner; Provided, That the assignment of cases shall be made as evenly as
possible.

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Sec. 9. Consolidation of Cases. - When an action or proceeding involves a question

of law and fact which is similar to or common with that of another action or
proceeding, the same may be consolidated with the action or proceeding bearing
the lower docket number.

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