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SANDIGANBAYAN
The
Sandiganbayan
is a special court which was established under Presidential Decree No.
1606. Its rank is equivalent to the
Court of
Appeals.
The
Sandiganbayan
shall sit in five (5) divisions of three justices each. The five (5)
may
sit at the same time.
The first
three
divisions shall be stationed in the Metro Manila area, the fourth
division
shall be in Cebu City for cases coming from the Visayas region, and the
fifth division shall be in Cagayan de Oro City for cases coming from
the
Mindanao region.
Three
Justices shall
constitute a quorum for sessions in divisions: Provided, That
when
the required quorum for the particular division cannot be had due to
the
legal disqualification or temporary disability of a Justice or of a
vacancy
occurring therein, the Presiding Justice may designate an Associate
Justice
of the Court, to be determined by strict rotation on the basis of the
reverse
order of precedence, to sit as a special member of said division with
all
the rights and prerogatives of a regular member of said division in the
trial and determination of a case or cases assigned thereto, unless the
operation of the court will be prejudiced thereby, in which case, the
President
shall, upon the recommendation of the Presiding Justice, designate any
Justice or Justices of the Court of Appeals to sit temporarily therein.
AN
ACT FURTHER DEFINING THE JURISDICTION OF THE SANDIGANBAYAN, AMENDING
FOR THE PURPOSE P. D. NO. 1606, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES Republic
Act No. 8249THE
OMBUDSMAN ACT OF 1989Republic
Act No. 6770
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