REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

3145

House Bill No.

Introduced by REP. PAULINO SALVADOR “DOY” C. LEACHON

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The bill seeks to establish/create an additional branches of the Regional
Trial Court (2, one is a Family Court) as well as the Municipal Trial Court (1) in
the First (1°) District of Oriental Mindoro to be stationed at Calapan City and the
Municipality of Baco, respectively.

Section 16, Article III of our 1987 Constitution guarantees each person
the right to a speedy trial when it provides that, “All persons shall have the right
to a speedy disposition of their cases before all judicial, quasi-judicial, or
administrative bodies.” The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 (BP129)
allotted the corresponding number of courts per judicial region based on the
exigencies existing at that time.

More than thirty (30) years have passed since the effectivity of BP 129,
hence, because of the increase in our population and the increase in the volume
of cases filed, and in order to de clog court dockets and improve the disposition
and administration of justice—to ensure and guarantee every person’s right to a
speedy trial, the number of courts must necessarily be increased.

Therefore, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought for.

PAULINO SALVADOR/“DOY” C, LEACHON


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 3145

Introduced by REP. PAULINO SALVADOR “DOY” C. LEACHON

AN ACT CREATING THREE (3) ADDITIONAL COURTS, NAMELY: ONE (1)
MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT WITH SEAT AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF
BACO, ONE (1) FAMILY COURT AND ONE (1) REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
WITH BOTH SEATS AT CALAPAN CITY, ALL IN THE 1°" DISTRICT OF
ORIENTAL MINDORO, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS
PAMBANSA BILANG 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE JUDICIARY
REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980”, AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines
in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Two (2) additional courts, namely: one (1) Family Court and
one (1) Regional Trial Court, all in the 1* District of Oriental Mindoro with seats
at Calapan City, are hereby created.

SECTION 2. One (1) additional Municipal Trial Court with a seat at the
Municipality of Baco, Oriental Mindoro is hereby also created, thereby limiting the
jurisdiction of the current Municipal Circuit Trial Court seated at the Municipality
of San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro to cases within the territorial competence of
the Municipalities of San Teodoro and Puerto Galera only, both in the 1* District

of Oriental Mindoro.


SECTION 3. The Supreme Court shall assign the respective branch
numbers for the newly created courts.

SECTION 4. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in coordination with
the Secretary of the Department of Justice, shall immediately include in the
Court’s program the implementation of this act. The funding thereof shall
likewise be included in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).

SECTION 5. Sections 14 (e), 30 and 31 of Batas Pambansa Bilang 129,
otherwise known as “The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980”, as amended, as
well as other provisions that may be inconsistent herewith, is hereby deemed
repealed, modified and/or further amended.

SECTION 6. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
completion of its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of

general circulation.

Approved,