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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1130
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1130 -
STANDARDIZING THE SALARIES OF MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 537 has provided for the constitution of
Municipal courts into Municipal Circuit courts;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Municipal Circuit Courts are the forum where a great
majority of the common man in the rural areas seek redress and
dispensation of justice; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Municipal Circuit Courts being now organized as courts of
record like the Courts of First Instance, it has become imperative that
the salaries of the Judges presiding over them be adjusted to
commensurate levels;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. The salaries of Municipal Circuit Court
Judges are hereby adjusted and increased in accordance with the
following rates, effective January 1, 1977: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(a) For Judges of the Capitals of First, Second and
Third Class provinces, twenty thousand pesos (P20,000) per annum;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
(b) For Judges of all other municipalities, single or
circuited, eighteen thousand pesos (P18,000) per annum; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. For purposes of determining the gratuity
benefits, any Municipal Judge who shall be laid off or separated from
the service as a result of this circuitization or reorganization of the
Municipal Courts shall be paid gratuity which shall be computed on the
basis of one-month salary for every year of service in the Government
unless he elects to retire under another system of retirement.
Section 3. To carry out the provisions of this
Decree, the Chief Justice is hereby allowed to use savings under P.D.
904. Thereafter, the same amount or such amounts as may be needed shall
be included in the annual Appropriations Decree.
Section 4. The salaries herein provided shall be paid
by the National Government.
Section 5. This Decree shall take effect on January
1, 1977.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 4th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-seven.
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