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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Third Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez

House Bill No.10166
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Cagayan de Oro City is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Northern Mindanao. It is the capital
of the province of Misamis Oriental. According to date from the Philippines Statistics Authority,
it has a population of 728,402.

Cagayan de Oro is also considered the regional center and business hub of Northern
Mindanao. Business and trade in the City are booming bringing with it numerous investment
and development opportunities.

Cagayan de Oro was previously cited by the United Nations as an “emerging city of tomorrow”
and was previously named by the Department of Trade and Industry as the country's “Top 5
Most Competitive City”

With this and the increasing population, unfortunately, the Courts in the City are being
overwhelmed, resulting in the unintentional violation of the people's right to “a speedy
disposition of their cases before all judicial, quasi-judicial, or administrative bodies".

Hence, this proposed bill to create an additional four (4) branches of the Regional Trial Court
in Cagayan de Oro City to address the backlog of cases in the City.

In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this measure is earnestly requested.

RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ;
Third Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez

House Bill No.10166

AN ACT
CREATING FOUR (4) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN
THE TENTH JUDICIAL REGION TO BE STATIONED IN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY,
PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14(k) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980", AS
AMENDED

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

SECTION 1. Four (4) additional branches of the Regional Trial Court in the Tenth Judicial
Region are hereby created and stationed in Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis
Oriental.

Of these four (4) additional branches, one (1) will be a Family Court, one (1) will be a
Special Drugs Court, and two (2) will be Regular Courts.

The Supreme Court shall assign the respective branch numbers for the newly created
branches of the Regional Trial Court.

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 the four (4) additional branches of the Regional Trial Court in Cagayan de Oro City, Province
of Misamis Oriental. The funding of which shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3. Section 14(k) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as "The Judiciary
Reorganization Act of 1980, as amended, and all other laws, rules and regulations which are
inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette
or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,