Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City
NINHTEHNTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
I
House Bill No.
Introduced by Representative Florida P. Robes
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Section  16, Article Ill of thel987  Constitution provides that "all persons  shall have the
right to  a speedy  disposition of their cases before  all judicial,  quasi-judicial,  or  administrative
bodies". This is consistent with the legal maxim "justice delayed is justice denied."
In the City of San Jose Del Monte in the province of Bulacan, this legal maxim has become
a norm.  However, the speedy disposition of cases remains an elusive reality.
The City has a population of more than one (1) million which has only two (2) Regional
Trial Courts and three Metropolitan Circuit Trial Courts with a caseload of more than a thousand
cases for each court. This is far from the ideal caseload of 300 to 450 cases per court.
Needless to  say, the wheels of justice grind ever so  slowly in the City of San Jose Del
Monte, Bulacan because the courts are clogged with cases that even the most professional, brilliant,
and diligent legal luminaries cannot possibly sumount.
The establishment of additional courts,  including the  special courts for particular cases,
will therefore address the slow resolution of cases and will make not only justice more responsive
to the needs of the people but easily accessible.
In view thereof, the approval of this bill is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session
HOUSEBILLNo.8913
Introduced by Hon. Representatives Florida ``Rida" P. Robes of the
Lone District of the City of Sam Jose del Monte, Bulacan
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THEREFOR
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Philippines  in  Congress
assembled:
Section   1. Three  (3)  additional  branches  of  the  Regional  Trial  Court,  nanely  one  (1)
Special Court for Drug Cases, and two (2) Regular Courts, to be stationed in the City of San
Jose del Monte, Province of Bulacan, are hereby created in the Third Judicial Region.
Section  2. The  Supreme  Court  shall  assign  the  branch  number  of  the  newly  created
Regional Trial Court branches in the Third Judicial Region.
Section 3. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in coordination with the Secretary of the
Department    of   Justice,    shall    immediately    include    in    the    Court's    progran    the
operationalization of the Regional Trial  Court branches to  be stationed  in the  City of San
Jose del Monte, Province of Bulacan.
Section  4.  The  funding  of the  three  (3)  Regional  Trial  Courts  shall  be  included  in  the
Armual  General Appropriations  Act.  The  funds  necessary  for the  operation of the  courts
herein created  shall be appropriated and released upon the  approval  of this Bill  subject to
the organizational and staffing personnel to be appointed by the Supreme Court.


Section  4. Section  14(c)  of Batas Pambansa 81g.  129,  otherwise known as  "77ze Jc/dz.cz.cz7`)/
Reorgr#z.zcz/I.a;7 ,4cf a/ J980 ",  as  amended,  and all other laws,  executive  orders,  and rules
and  regulations  which  are  inconsistent  with  this  Act  are  hereby  amended,  repealed  or
modified accordingly.
Section 5. This Act shall take effect fifteenth (15) days after its complete publication in two
(2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved.