Repubirc ci the Pivlippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

SECOND REGULAR SESSION

7755
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1759

Submitted "by the Committee on Justice and the Commiftee on Appropriations on

Re: House Bil No. +

Recommending ts aoproval in substitution of House Bil! No. 3774

Sponsors: Representatives Niel C. Tupas, Joseph Emilio A. Abaya and Arturo O Radaza

Mr. Speaker.

The Committee on Justice and the Committes on Appropriations, to which was refe ved
House Bil! No 3771, introduced by Representative Arturo O. Radaza entitled:

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING FOURTEEN (14) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT AND TWO (2) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE
MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CiTIES IN LAPU-LAPU CITY, AMENDING FOR
THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMGANSA BILANG. 128, OR THE JUDICIARY
REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED

naveconsidered the same and recommend: that the aviached House Bill No entitled

“AN ACT

CREATING TWELVE (12) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL
TRIAL COURT AND TWO (2) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE MUNICIPAL
TRIAL COURT IN CITIES TO BE STATIONED IN LAPU-LAPU CITY,
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14 PARAGRAPH (H} AND SEC.
29 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129. AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS “THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1981”, AND PROVIDING
FUNDS THEREFOR™

be approved in substitutron of House Bil! No. with Representatives Radaza, Tupas Jr.

and Abaya as authors thereof


riayons

THE HONCRAGILE SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY

| committee on Justice


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS»
Second Regular Session
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HOUSE BILL NO."

AN ACT

CREATING TWELVE (12) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL
TRIAL COURT AND TWO (2) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE
MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITLES TO BE STATIONED IN LAPU-
LAPU CITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SEC. 34, PARAGRAPS (I)
‘AND SEC. 29 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, AS AMENDED,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT Or
1980", AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Twelve (12) additional Regional Trial Court branches and two (2)

additional Municipal Trial Court in Cities branches are hereby created in the Seventh
Judicial Region, with seats at Lepe-Lapu City.

‘The Supreme Court shall assign the branch number of the newly created branches of
the Regiona! Tria} Court and Municipal Trial Court in Cities in the Seventh Judicial
Region.

SEC. 2. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in coordination with the Secretary of
the Department of Justice shal: immediately include in the Court’s program the

operationalization of twelve (12) additional branches of the Regional Trial Court and

10 (2) additional branches of the Municipal Tria! Court in Cities, te be stationed in


Lapu-iepu City, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General

Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. Section 14 (4) and Section 27 of Batas Pambansa Bilang 129 otherwise
known as “The Jndiciary Reorganization Act of 1980" as amended, and all other
laws, rules and regulation which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended,
-repeales or modified accordingly. .

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) davs after its complete publication in

the O“icial Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation

Approved,