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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 500
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 500
- AUTHORIZING CHARTERED CITIES TO GIVE FINANCIALD TO COURT OF FIRST
INSTANCE
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WHEREAS,
under Section 190 of the Revised Administrative Code, the expenses for
the maintenance of courts of first instance are to be borne by the
provinces concerned;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, this provision incapacitates cities not expressly authorized
by their charters to do so from extending financiald to the courts of
first instance within their jurisdictions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is imperative that our courts of first instance and similar
courts in cities be assured of adequate financial support to enable
them to attain optimum performance;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 that any provision of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, a city may share in the expenses relating to the
construction, repair and alteration of the courthouse, or courtroom and
court offices, and the cost of the equipment and supplies, of a court
of first instance or similar court within its jurisdiction.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 28th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-four.
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