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Nineteenth Congress
`            First Regular session
HOUSEBILLNo.   f745
Introduced by Representative Antonio "Ony" A. Ferrer
EIXPLANATORY NOTE
This bill  seeks to create three additional branches of the Regional Trial
Court in the Fourth Judicial Region to be stationed in the City of General Trias,
Province of Cavite.
General  Trias   aror"er/y  Scz#  Frcz7zcz.sco  c7e  A4cz/czbo72/   is   a  first  class
component  city  which  also  constitutes  the  Sixth  Legislative  District  in  the
Province of Cavite.   In the 2020 census, the population of the City of General
Trias was 450,583 with a density of 5,006 inhabitants per square kilometer.  The
increasing growth rate is brought about by expanding industrial activities and
the booming residential and commercial subdivisions.
The  influx  of people  as  well  as  the  corresponding  economic  growth
inevitably resulted in an increase of civil and criminal cases which slowed down
the rate of disposition of cases.  The proposal to create three additional branches
of the Regional Trial Court in the City of General Trias  seeks to address the
growing demand for the immediate resolution of these cases.
It is true that civil and criminal cases are also being raffled and docketed
before the Regional Trial Court of Trece Martires City. However, many of these
cases originate from the City of General Trias. For instance, as of February 23,
2023, out of the 16,094 cases being raffled in the four (4) Regional Trial Courts
that we share with Trece Martires City and Tanza, 8,256 or 51.3°/o are coming
from the City of General Trias.
In adherence to the rights to speedy disposition of cases and to  speedy


confldence  of the public  in the  State,  this  bill  seeks to prevent delays  in the
administration of justice by creating three additional branches of the Regional
Trial Court in the City of General Trias in order that the judiciary may proceed
with reasonable dispatch in the trial of cases coming from the city.
This  bill  has  been  filed  during  the  18th  Congress.  It  was  approved  on
Third and Final Reading on December 17, 2019 in the House of Representatives
and was transmitted to the Senate on December 18, 2019.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.


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Nineteenth Congress
First Regular Session
HOUSEBILLNo.       7745
Introduced by Representative Antonio "Ony" A. Ferrer
1                                                                    AN ACT
2                CREATING THREE (3) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE
3     REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THEL FOURTH JUDICIAL REGION TO
4      BE STATIONED IN THE CITY OF GENERAL TRIAS, PROVINCE OF
5                     CAVITE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
6
7      Be it enacted by the senate and House of Representatives of the philippines in
Congress assembled:
1o                 SECTION.1.   Three (3) additional branches of the Regional Trial court
11      in the Fourth Judicial Region are hereby created and stationed in the  City of
12      General Trias, Province ofcavite.
`13                 SEC. 2.   The supreme cout shall assign the respective branch numbers
14      for the newly created branches of the Regional Trial court.
15                 SEC. 3.  The chief Justice of the supreme court, in coordination with the
16      Secretary  of Justice,  shall  immediately  include  in  the  Court's  program  the
17      operationalization  of the  three  (3)  additional  branches  of the  Regional  Trial
18      Court  to  be  stationed  in  the  City  of General  Trias,  Province  of Cavite,  the
19      funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
2o                  SEC.   4.      Section   14(e)   of  Batas  Pambansa  81g.   129,   as  amended,
21      otherwise  known  as  the  ``Jz4cJz.cz.czry Reorgr7ez.zc!fz.o77 -4cf o/ J980,"  as  amended,


1      and all other laws, rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are
2      hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.
3                 SEC. 5.  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
4     the o#cz.c!/ Gczze#e or in a newspaper ofgeneral circulation.
5                 Approved,