REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5107 - AN ACT
PROVIDING ONE ADDITIONAL JUDGE FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT TO
PRESIDE OVER THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF DAVAO, WITH PERMANENT
STATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DIGOS, PROVINCE OF DAVAO, AMENDING FOR
THE PURPOSE SECTIONS FIFTY AND FIFTY-TWO OF THE JUDICIAL ACT OF 1948,
AS AMENDED
Section 1.
The sixteenth 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:
"Nineteen judges shall be commissioned for the Sixteenth Judicial
District. Five judges shall preside over the Courts of First Instance
of the Province of Davao and Davao City to be known as judges of the
first, second, third, fourth and fifth branches thereof; four judges
shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Cotabato, to be known
as judges of the first, second, third and fourth branches thereof;
three judges shall preside over the Courts of First Instance of
Occidental Misamis and Ozamis City to be known as judges of the first,
second and third branches thereof; two judges shall preside over the
Court of First Instance of Zamboanga del Norte to be known as judges of
the first and second branches thereof; one judge shall preside over the
Court of First Instance of Zamboanga del Sur; one judge shall preside
over the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga City; one judge shall
preside over the Court of First Instance of Basilan City; and two
judges shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Sulu, to be
known as judges of the first and second branches thereof."
Sec. 2. The fifteenth sub-paragraph of the second
paragraph of Section fifty-two of the same Act, as amended, is further
amended to read as follows:
"For the Sixteenth Judicial District, three judges shall be stationed
in the City of Davao; one judge in the Municipality of Mati, Province
of Davao; and one judge in the Municipality of Digos, same province;
one judge shall be stationed in City of Cotabato; one judge shall be
stationed in the Municipality of General Paulino Santos, Province of
Cotabato; one judge each shall be stationed in the municipalities of
Pagalungan and Sultan sa Barongis; two judges shall be stationed in the
Municipality of Oroquieta, Province of Occidental Misamis; one judge
shall be stationed in Ozamis City; two judges in the Municipality of
Dipolog, Province of Zamboanga del Norte; one judge in the Municipality
of Pagadian, Province of Zamboanga del Sur; one judge in the City of
Zamboanga; one judge in the city of Basilan; one judge in the
Municipality of Jolo, Province of Sulu; and one judge in the
Municipality of Siasi, same province."
Sec. 3. There is hereby authorized to be
appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, such sum as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of
this Act.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Enacted without Executive
approval, June 17, 1967.
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