House of Ré
Quezon City

Republic of the Philippines
jepresentatives

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No_36'72
Introduced by Honorable Raul A. Daza

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The attached bill is similar to a bill introduced during the 13"
Congress which was approved by the House of Representatives but the
same was not considered by the Senate due to time constraints.

It is being reintroduced so as to add one Regional Trial Court (RTC)
branch in the Municipality of San Isidro, Province of Northern Samar, Eight
Judicial Region.

Presently, the RTC Branch in the Municipality of Allen has jurisdiction
over seven municipalities, four of which are big towns. The ever-increasing
number of cases of at least ten to twenty cases a week in the said RTC
Branch makes it urgently necessary to provide one additional judge/branch.
The judge presiding over the RTC Branch in the Municipality of Allen
cannot cope with all the pending cases which are bound to increase unless
there is an additional judge/branch.

The proposed RTC Branch in the Municipality of San Isidro shall have
jurisdiction over the Municipalities of San Isidro, San Antonio, Capul, and
San Vicente. Accordingly, the RTC Branch in the Municipality of Allen shall
have jurisdiction over the Municipalities of Allen, Lavezares and Victoria.

LG
AUL A. DAZA

Approval of this bill is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS,
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No._3672

Introduced by Honorable Raul A. Daza
AN ACT
CREATING ONE ADDITIONAL REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH FOR THE
PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, WITH STATION AT THE MUNICIPALITY
OF SAN ISIDRO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14,
PARAGRAPH (i) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, AS AMENDED,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1981.

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 Big. 129, as
amended, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby
amended to read as follows:

“(i) Forty-TWO Regional Trial Judges shall be commissioned for the Eight
Judicial Region. There shall be:

“Five branches with seats thereat for the Province of Eastern Samar, with seats
at Borongan, Guiuan, Dolores and Oras;

“Seventeen branches with seats thereat for the Province of Leyte, the Sub-
province of Biliran, and the Cities of Ormoc and Tacloban, with seats at Tacloban City,
Abuyog, Calubian, Ormoc City, Carigara, Baybay, Burauen, Naval, Palompom,
Hilongos, and Caibiran;

“[Six] SEVEN branches with seats thereat for the Province of Norther Samar,
with seats at Catarman, Laoang, Allen, SAN ISIDRO and Gamay;

“Four branches with seats thereat for the Province of Southern Leyte, with seats
at Maasin, San Juan and Sogod; and

“Nine branches with seats thereat for the Province of Samar and the City of
Calbayog, with seats at Catbalogan, Basey, Calbayog City, Calbiga, Tarangnan, and

Gandara.”


SEC. 2. 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 operationalization of one additional regional trial court branch for the Province of
Northern Samar, with station at the Municipality of San Isidro, the funding of which shall
be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,