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CIAC Resolution No. 02-98 (1998)

AMENDMENT TO THE RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING CONSTRUCTION ARBITRATION

CIAC Resolution · April 28, 1998

(NAR) VOL. 9 NO. 2 / APRIL - JUNE 1998

[ CIAC RESOLUTION NO. 02-98, April 28, 1998 ]

AMENDMENT TO THE RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING CONSTRUCTION ARBITRATION

WHEREAS, Sections 6 and 21 of Executive Order No. 1008 empower the Construction Industry Arbitration Commission (CIAC) “to enunciate policies and prescribe rules and procedures for construction arbitration” and “to formulate and adopt necessary rules and procedures for construction arbitration”;

NOW THEREFORE, WE THE UNDERSIGNED CIAC COMMISSIONERS, by

virtue of the powers vested in us by law, do hereby promulgate the following amendments to the Rules of Procedures Governing Construction Arbitration (CIAC Rules), to wit:

Article VII

The Arbitrators

SECTION 1. xxx xxx

SECTION 2. Arbitrators shall not be civilly liable for acts done in the performance of their official duties except as provided in Section 38 (1), Chapter 9, Book I of the Administrative Code of 1987, upon a clear showing of bad faith, malice or negligence.

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

Adopted: 28 April 1998

(SGD.) JOSE U. JOVELLANOS Chairman

(SGD.) LAMBERTO UN OCAMP00O Member

(SGD.) ALFREDO L. JUINIO, SR. MemberSource: Supreme Court E-Library

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