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AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT COURTS, GRANTING THESE JURISDICTION OVER CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES ARISING FROM VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND PNP RULES OF ENGAGEMENT COMMITTED BY THE POLICE, AMENDING BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980,' AND PD 1606 AS AMENDED BY RA 10660 CREATING A SPECIAL COURT TO BE KNOWN AS 'SANDIGANBAYAN' APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
POLICE COURTS ACT OF 2020
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Date filed
September 14, 2020
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Session Sequence No.
11
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Document Certification
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Committee Report No.
278
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT COURTS, GRANTING THESE JURISDICTION OVER CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES ARISING FROM VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND PNP RULES OF ENGAGEMENT COMMITTED BY THE POLICE, AMENDING BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980,’ AND PD 1606 AS AMENDED BY RA 10660 CREATING A SPECIAL COURT TO BE KNOWN AS ‘SANDIGANBAYAN’ APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ] [ 2020 ] 9/14/2020 Introduced by Senator RICHARD J. GORDON; 9/15/2020 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS and FINANCE; [ 2021 ] 1/28/2021 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 3/11/2021 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 5/26/2021 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; 6/2/2021 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 7/26/2021 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committees on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 278, recommending that it be substituted by SBN-2331; 8/2/2021 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 8/2/2021 SUBSTITUTED BY SBN-2331 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 278.