Republic of the Philippines
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
Metro ManilaFourteenth Congress
Third Regular SessionBegun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand nine.
Republic Act No. 9906
AN ACT CREATING FOUR ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED AT KORONADAL CITY AND AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF SURALLAH, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH COTABATO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (L) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE JUDICIARY REORGANlZATION ACT OF 1980", AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Section 14, paragraph (I) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, as amended, otherwise known as "The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980", is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"(1) Forty-five Regional Trial Judges shall be commissioned for the Eleventh Judicial Region. There shall be:
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"Fourteen branches with seats there at for the Province of...
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AN ACT CREATING FOUR ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED AT KORONADAL CITY AND AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF SURALLAH
Republic Act No. 9906
Summary of Republic Act No. 9906
An Act Creating Additional Branches of the Regional Trial Court in South Cotabato
- Amends Section 14, paragraph (l) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 (The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980) to increase the number of Regional Trial Court judges in the Eleventh Judicial Region to 45. (Section 1)
- Specifies that out of the 45 judges, 14 will have seats in the Province of South Cotabato and the City of General Santos, with seats at General Santos City, Koronadal, Surallah, Alabel, and Polomok. (Section 1)
- Mandates the Supreme Court to assign two (2) additional branches of the Regional Trial Court in Koronadal City and two (2) additional branches in the Municipality of Surallah, Province of South Cotabato. (Section 2)
- Requires the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Justice, to immediately include the operationalization of the additional branches in the Court's program, with funding to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. (Section 3)
- Specifies that the Act shall take effect upon its approval. (Section 4)
An Act Creating Additional Branches of the Regional Trial Court in South Cotabato
- Amends Section 14, paragraph (l) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 (The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980) to increase the number of Regional Trial Court judges in the Eleventh Judicial Region to 45. (Section 1)
- Specifies that out of the 45 judges, 14 will have seats in the Province of South Cotabato and the City of General Santos, with seats at General Santos City, Koronadal, Surallah, Alabel, and Polomok. (Section 1)
- Mandates the Supreme Court to assign two (2) additional branches of the Regional Trial Court in Koronadal City and two (2) additional branches in the Municipality of Surallah, Province of South Cotabato. (Section 2)
- Requires the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Justice, to immediately include the operationalization of the additional branches in the Court's program, with funding to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. (Section 3)
- Specifies that the Act shall take effect upon its approval. (Section 4)