Republic Act No. 10608

Full Title

AN ACT CREATING TWO (2) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF POLOMOLOK PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BLDG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980”, AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date of Approval

2013-08-22

URL (Congress)

http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ra_15/RA10608.pdf

URL (gov.ph)

http://www.gov.ph/downloads/2013/08aug/20130822-RA-10608-BSA.pdf

URL (Supreme Court)

Supreme Court link to the resource

URL (Senate)

PDF link from senate.gov.ph

House Bill No.

H. No. 6743

Digital Resource

View PDF file as uploaded in Senate website

Congress

15th Congress of the Republic

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance

Subjects

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129 -- AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

COURTS -- POLOMOLOK, SOUTH COTABATO

JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980

SOUTH COTABATO (PROVINCE)

SOUTH COTABATO (PROVINCE) -- REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS

THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980 -- AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

Official Gazette Details

Official Gazette Source

Official Gazette vol. 109 no. 42 page 7083 (October 21, 2013)

Amendment Note

BP 129, sec. 14(l)

Newspaper Sources

Newspaper Source

Manila Bulletin (September 2, 2013)

Legislative Issuance Type

Republic Act

House Bill first in billing

No

Body

H. No. 6743; 109 OG No. 42, 7083 (October 21, 2013); Manila Bulletin, September 2, 2013

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10608, August 22, 2013 ]

AN ACT CREATING TWO (2) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF POLOMOLOK, PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE 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 Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Two (2) additional Regional Trial Court branches for Polomolok, South Cotabato, with seats thereat, are hereby created in the Eleventh Judicial Region.

SEC. 2. The Supreme Court shall assign the respective branch numbers for the newly created branches.

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 implementation of this Act. The funding therefor shall likewise be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. The funds necessary for the operation of the courts herein created shall be appropriated and released only upon the actual organization of the courts and the appointment of its personnel.

SEC. 4. Section 14(l) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as “The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980”, as amended, as well as other provisions that may be inconsistent herewith, is hereby deemed repealed, modified and/or further amended.

SEC. 5. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR. Secretary General House of Representatives

(Sgd.) JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA Acting Senate President

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3020 and House Bill No. 6743 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on October 15, 2012 and June 5, 2013, respectively.

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP Secretary General House of Representatives

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES Secretary of the Senate

Approved: AUG 22 2013

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines

Source: Supreme Court E-Library

House Bill

H. No. 6743

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