Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COURTS FROM ISSUING RESTRAINING ORDERS OR PRELIMINARY INJUCTIONS IN CASES INVOLVING GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
April 6, 2000
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB10628 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COURTS FROM ISSUING RESTRAINING ORDERS OR PRELIMINARY INJUCTIONS IN CASES INVOLVING GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
| ABSTRACT : No court in the Philippines, other than the Supreme Court, shall have the jurisdiction to issue restraining orders or writs of preliminary injunction, prohibitive or mandatory, in any case, dispute, or controversy involving the continuance of a public infrastructure project, whether in the bidding phase, expropriation phase or construction phase. Any restraining order, preliminary injunction or preliminary mandatory injunction issued in violation hereof is declared invalid, ineffective and of no force and effect. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : VERCELES, LEANDRO JR. B. |
| DATE FILED : 2000-04-06 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No |
| URGENT BILL? No |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2000-05-08 |
Abstract
No court in the Philippines, other than the Supreme Court, shall have the jurisdiction to issue restraining orders or writs of preliminary injunction, prohibitive or mandatory, in any case, dispute, or controversy involving the continuance of a public infrastructure project, whether in the bidding phase, expropriation phase or construction phase. Any restraining order, preliminary injunction or preliminary mandatory injunction issued in violation hereof is declared invalid, ineffective and of no force and effect.
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