A
collection
of Philippine laws, statutes and codes
not
included or cited in the main
indices
of
the
Chan Robles Virtual Law Library
This page features the full text of
Executive Order No. 33
AMENDING
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, AS
AMENDED.
chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
EXECUTIVE
ORDER NO. 33
AMENDING
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, AS
AMENDED.
I, CORAZON
C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
Section 1. The
title of Chapter I of Batas
Pambansa Blg. 129 is hereby amended to read as follows:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"THE COURT
OF
APPEALS"
Sec. 2. Section
3, Chapter I of Batas
Pambansa Blg. 129, is hereby amended to read as follows:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"Sec.
3. Organization. There is hereby created a Court of Appeals which shall
consist of a Presiding Justice and fifty Associate Justices who shall
be
appointed by the President of the Philippines. The Presiding Justice
shall
be so designated in his appointment, and the Associate Justice shall
have
precedence according to the dates of their respective appointments, or
when the appointments of two or more of them shall bear the same date,
according to the order in which their appointments were issued by the
President.
Any member who is reappointed to the Court after rendering in any other
position in the government shall retain the precedence to which he was
entitled under his original appointment, and his service in the Court
shall,
for all intents and purposes, be considered as continuous and
uninterrupted."
Sec. 3. Section
4 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"Sec.
4. Exercise of powers and functions. The Court of Appeals shall
exercise
its powers, functions, and duties through seventeen (17) divisions,
each
composed of three (3) members. The Court may sit en banc for
the
purpose of exercising administrative, ceremonial or other
non-adjudicatory
functions."
Sec. 4. Section
8 of the same Act is hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. The
second paragraph of Section 9 of the same Act is hereby amended to read
as follows:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"The
Court of Appeals shall have the power to receive evidence and perform
any
and all acts necessary to resolve factual issues raised in (a) cases
falling
within its original jurisdiction, such as actions for annulment of
judgments
of regional trial courts, as provided in paragraph (2) hereof; and in
(b)
cases falling within its appellate jurisdiction wherein a motion for
new
trial based only on the ground of newly discovered evidence is granted
by it."
Sec. 6. Section
11 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"Sec.
11. Quorum. - A majority of the actual members of the Court
shall
constitute a quorum for its session en banc. Three members shall
constitute
a quorum for the sessions of a division. The unanimous vote of the
three
members of a division shall be necessary for the pronouncement of a
decision
or final resolution, which shall be reached in consultation before the
writing of the opinion by any member of the division. In the event that
the three members do not reach a unanimous vote, the Presiding Justice
shall request the Raffle Committee of the Court for the designation of
two additional Justices to sit temporarily with them, forming a special
division of five members and the concurrence of a majority of such
division
shall be necessary for the pronouncement of a decision or final
resolution.
The designation of such additional Justices shall be made strictly by
raffle.
"A
motion for reconsideration of its decision or final resolution shall be
resolved by the Court within ninety (90) days from the time it is
submitted
for resolution, and no second motion for reconsideration from the same
party shall be entertained."
Sec. 7.
Subsection
(d) of Section 14 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
"(d)
One hundred seventy-two (172) Regional Trial Judges shall be
commissioned
for the National Capital Judicial Region. There shall be:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
Fifty-five
branches (Branches 1 to 55) for the City of Manila, with seats thereat;
Thirty-two
branches
(Branches 76 to 107) for Quezon City, with seats thereat;
Twelve
branches
(Branches 108 to 119) for Pasay City, with seats thereat;
Fifty-eight
branches (Branches 56 to 74 and 132 to 170) for the municipalities of
Navotas,
Malabon, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasig, Pateros, Taguig,
Marikina,
Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Muntinlupa; Branches 56 to 66
and
132 to 150 with seats at Makati; Branches 67 to 71 and 151 to 168 at
Pasig;
and Branches 72 to 74, 169 and 170 at Malabon; and
Three
branches
(Branches 75, 171 and 172) for the municipality of Valenzuela, with
seats
thereat."
Sec. 8. The
terms
"Intermediate Appellate Court, Presiding Appellate Justice and
Associate
Appellate Justice(s)" used in the Judiciary Reorganization Act of
1980
or in any other law or executive order shall hereafter mean Court of
Appeals,
Presiding Justice and Associate Justice(s), respectively.
Sec. 9. This
Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Back
to Top
- Back
to Main Index
- Back
to Home
chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
|