e. Competence and Diligence (Canon IV)

COMPETENCE AND DILIGENCE

Competence and diligence are prerequisites to the due performance of judicial office.

NOTE: A judge should be a man of learning in all aspects of the law and should know how to use that learning. He owes it to the public and to the legal profession to know the very law he is supposed to apply to a given controversy. He should be studious of the principles of law and diligent endeavoring to ascertain the facts. He should exhibit more than just a cursory acquaintance with the statutes and procedures. (Del Callar v. Salvador, A.M. No. RTJ-97- 1369, 17 Feb. 1997)

Disqualification and Inhibition of Judicial Officers – Rule 137

COMPULSORY