Duties of Pangkat Secretary

     The pangkat secretary shall be chosen by the majority vote of its three (3) members from among themselves and shall perform the following duties and functions:

1. Issue notices of hearing before the pangkat and cause them to be served upon the parties and their witnesses;
2. Keep minutes of the proceedings for conciliation and arbitration by the pangkat and have them attested by the pangkat chairman;
3. Note in the minutes the willful failure or refusal of a party to comply with the summons issued by the pangkat chairman;
4. Immediately transmit to the lupon secretary al settlements agreed upon by the parties and arbitration awards rendered by the pangkat;
5. Submit copies of the aforesaid minutes to the lupon secretary and to the proper local trial 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 took place but no conciliation or settlement has been reached; or that no such personal confrontation took place through no fault that can be attributed to the complainant; 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 willfull failure of the complainant or respondent, respectively, to appear as provided in Section 8, Rule VI, KPR.