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ACT NO. 5538
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5538 - AN
ACT FURTHER AMENDING COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX
BY PROVIDING FOR ONE ADDITIONAL JUDGE AND ONE ADDITIONAL AUXILIARY
JUDGE FOR THE CITY COURT OF BACOLOD
Section 1. The last paragraph of Section nineteen of
Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred twenty-six, as amended, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:
"There shall be a city court for which three judges shall be
appointed."
Sec. 2. Section twenty-one of the same Act, as
amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 21. There shall be three judges and three
auxiliary judges of the city court for the city who shall have the same
powers, duties and jurisdiction as municipal judges and auxiliary
municipal judges generally; and, in addition thereto, territorial
jurisdiction over the entire police zone of the city. All fines,
forfeitures, and fees imposed and collected by the judges authorized by
this section shall accrue to the benefit of the city treasury. The City
Court of the City of Bacolod shall have concurrent territorial
jurisdiction with the Court of First Instance of the Province of
Occidental Negros and the municipal courts of the respective
municipalities to try crimes and misdemeanors committed within the zone
for police purposes as provided for in Section six of this Charter. The
court first taking jurisdiction of such an offense shall thereafter
retain exclusive territorial jurisdiction thereof."
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 21,
1969.
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