Full Title
AN ACT CREATING FOUR ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED AT KORONADAL CITY AND AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF SURALLAH, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (L) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE JUDICIARY REORGANlZATION ACT OF 1980", AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
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Congress
14th Congress of the Republic
Senate Bill No.
S. No. 1980; S. No. 1981
House Bill
H. No. 6112
Legislative History
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Date of Approval
January 7, 2010

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
Senate Bill First in Billing
Approval Note
Approved by the President on January 07, 2010
Subjects
COURTS -- KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO
COURTS -- SURALLAH, SOUTH COTABATO
Amendment Note
BP 129, sec. 14, par. (L)

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette volume 106 number 12 (March 22, 2010) page 1536

Full Text of Issuance

S. No. 1980 S. No. 1981 H. No. 6112; 106 OG No. 12, 1536 (March 22, 2010)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9906, January 07, 2010 ]

AN ACT CREATING FOUR ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED AT KORONADAL CITY AND AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF SURALLAH, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (L) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980", AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 14, paragraph (I) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129. as amended, otherwise known as "The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980", is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"(I) Forty-five Regional Trial Judges shall be commissioned for the Eleventh Judicial Region. There shall be:

"x x x

"Fourteen branches with seats thereat for the Province of South Cotabato and the City of General Santos, with seats at General Santos City, Koronadal, Surallah, Alabel, and Polomok; and

"x x x."

SEC. 2. The Supreme Court shall assign the additional branches of the Regional Trial Court in the South Cotabato: two (2) in Koronadal City and two (2) in the Municipality of Surallah, in accordance with this Act.

SEC. 3. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Justice, shall immediately include in the Court's program the operationalization of two (2) additional branches of the said Court in the Municipality of Surralah, all in the Province of South Cotabato, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE

(Sgd.) PROSPERO C. NOGRALES

President of Senate

Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 6112, Senate Bill No. 1980 and Senate Bill No. 1981 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and Senate on October 15, 2009 and October 14, 2009, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP

Secretary of Senate

Secretary General House of Representatives

Approved: JAN 07 2010

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL - ARROYO
President of the Philippines

 

 

 

 

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