Full Title
AN ACT CREATING FOUR (4) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED AT ZAMBOANGA CITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (J) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980", AS AMENDED.
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Congress
17th Congress of the Republic
House Bill
H. No. 6580
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Date of Approval
August 22, 2019

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
House Bill Only
Subjects
SUPREME COURT (SC)
regional trial court
JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT 0F 1980
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ)
COURTS -- ZAMBOANGA CITY
Amendment Note
B.P. BLG. 129, sec. 14, par. (J)

Full Text of Issuance

Business Mirror, September 2, 2019; 115 OG No. 39, 10814 (September 30, 2019)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11386, August 22, 2019 ]

AN ACT CREATING FOUR (4) ADDITIONAL BRANCH OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED AT ZAMBOANGA CITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14 PARAGRAPH (J) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980", AS AMENDED

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. Four (4) additional branches of the Regional Trial Court to be stationed at Zamboanga City are hereby created in the Ninth Judicial Region.The Supreme Court shall assign the branch number of the newly created branches of the Regional Trial Court in the Ninth Judicial Region. SEC. 2. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Justice, shall immediately include in Court's program the operationalization of the four (4) additional branches of the Regional Trial Court branch to be stationed at Zamboanga City. The funds necessary for the operation of the courts herein created shall be appropriated and released only upon the actual organization of the court and the appointment of its personnel.SEC. 3. Section 14(j) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as "The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980", as amended, and all other laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly. SEC. 4 .This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,      

(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III            President of the Senate (SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO           Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives on December 4, 2017, as amended by the Senate of the Philippines on May 27, 2019 and which amendments were concurred in by the House of Representatives on June 3, 2019.

(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA            Secretary of the Senate (SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING            Acting Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: AUG 22 2019

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE    President of the Philippines   

 

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