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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1293
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1293 -
CREATING A KATARUNGAN PAMBARANGAY COMMISSION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY
OF RESOLVING DISPUTES AT THE BARANGAY LEVEL
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WHEREAS,
statistics show that there are about 350,000 pending cases in the
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WHEREAS, there is urgent and compelling need to adopt measures that may
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WHEREAS, the amicable settlement of disputes among family and barangay
members at the barangay level, without judicial intervention, is a
time-honored tradition antedating the Spanish era which must be
preserved and officially recognized for the maintenance of peace and
harmony among them.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree as follows:cralaw:red
1. There is hereby created a Katarungan Pambarangay
Commission charged with the duty of studying the feasibility of
instituting a system of resolving disputes among family and barangay
members at the barangay level, without recourse to the courts.
2. The Commission shall be composed of the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court as Chairman, and the Secretary of Justice,
the Secretary of National Defense, the Secretary of Local Government
and Community Development, the Secretary of Education and Culture, the
President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and the Director of
the U.P. Law Center, as Members.
3. In the performance of its task, the Commission
shall give due consideration to the customs and traditions of the
Filipino people.
4. The Commission is hereby empowered to organize a
Staff which will provide it with technical an administrative support.
5. The Chairman and the Members of the Commission
shall not receive any additional compensation for their attendance at
meetings of or for their work in the Commission.
6. The Commission shall submit its report and
recommendations to the President of the Philippines or Prime Minister
not later than December 31, 1978.
7. To carry out the purposes of this Decree, such
amounts as are necessary for the operations of the Commission shall be
chargeable against the unexpended appropriations of the Judiciary.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of
Manila, this 27th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen
hundred and seventy-eight.
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