REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4057 - AN ACT TO
PROVIDE ONE ADDITIONAL JUDGE FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT TO
PRESIDE OVER THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MINDORO ORIENTAL, AMENDING
FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS FIFTY, FIFTY-TWO AND FIFTY-FOUR OF THE
JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948
Section 1. The eighth paragraph of Section fifty of Republic
Act Numbered Two hundred ninety-six, otherwise known as "The Judiciary
Act of 1948," as amended, is further amended to read as follows:
"Ten judges shall be commissioned for the Eighth Judicial District.
Four judges shall preside over the Courts of First Instance of Laguna
and the City of San Pablo, and shall be known as judges of the first,
second, third, and fourth branches thereof, respectively; three judges
shall preside over the Courts of First Instance of Batangas and the
City of Lipa, and shall be known as judges of the first, second and
third branches thereof, respectively; two judges shall preside over the
Court of First Instance of Mindoro Oriental, and shall be known as
judges of the first and second branches thereof, respectively; and one
judge shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Mindoro
Occidental: provided, that the incumbent judge of the Courts of First
Instance of Mindoro Oriental and Mindoro Occidental shall be given the
privilege of selecting which court of first instance of said provinces
he prefers to preside over."
Sec. 2. The ninth paragraph of Section fifty-two
of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:
"For the Eighth Judicial District, one judge shall be stationed in the
Municipality of Biñan, Province of Laguna; two judges shall be
stationed in the Municipality of Sta. Cruz, same province, and one
judge, in the City of San Pablo; the judge of the first branch of the
Court of First Instance of Batangas shall be stationed in the
Municipality of Batangas, Province of Batangas; and those of the second
and third branches, in the City of Lipa and the Municipality of
Balayan, Province of Batangas, respectively; one judge shall be
stationed in the Municipalities of Calapan and Pinamalayan, Province of
Mindoro Oriental; and one judge in the Municipality of Mamburao,
Province of Mindoro Occidental."
Sec. 3. The sixth paragraph of Section fifty-four
of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:
"Eighth Judicial District: The judge shall hold special term at the
Municipalities of Lubang, Mamburao and San Jose, Mindoro Occidental;
Roxas, Mindoro Oriental, once every year, as may be determined by him."
Sec. 4. There is hereby authorized to be
appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of thirty thousand pesos or so much thereof as
may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 18, 1964
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