Duties and Functions of Lupon Secretary

     The Barangay Secretary shall concurrently be the secretary of the Lupon and shall have the following duties and functions:

1. Keep and maintain a record book of all complaints filed with the Punong Barangay numbered consecutively in the order in which they were received and enter therein the names of the parties, date and time filed; nature of the case, and disposition;
2. Note the results of the mediation proceeding before the Punong Barangay and submit a final report thereon to the proper city or municipal court;
3. Record the willful failure or refusal of a party to comply with the summons issued by the Punong Barangay and transmit a certification to that effect to the proper court having jurisdiction over the matter in dispute;
4. Receive and keep the records of proceedings submitted to him by the various Pangkats;
5. Transmit the settlement agreed upon by the parties to the local city or municipal court;
6. Issue the certification required for filing an action or proceeding in court or any government office for adjudication. Such certification shall show that a confrontation of the parties has taken place and that no conciliation or settlement has been reached; although no such personal confrontation took place through no fault that can be attributed to the complainant, such certification may nevertheless be issued; and
7. Issue a certification for barring the complainant from filing a case or the respondent from filing a counterclaim in court in case of willful failure of the complainant or respondent, respectively, to appear as provided in Sec. 412, RA. 7160.