Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session ‘

HOUSE BILL NO. __ 4406

Introduced by Honorable Henry S. Oaminal

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to create an additional branch of the Regional Trial Court
(RTC) in Ozamis City, to convert the existing Municipal Circuit Trial Court
(MCTC) comprising the Municipalities of Clarin and Tudela into the Municipal
Trial Court (MTC) of Clarin, and to create the Municipal Circuit Trial Court
(MCTC) comprising the Municipalities of Sinacaban and Tudela, all in the second
legislative district of the Province of Misamis Occidental.

The Second District of the Province of Misamis Occidental is fast
developing and growing as economic centers of the northwestern part of
Mindanao, As such, it attracts people to migrate there. With the increasing
population and economic growth, there is a rise in the incidence of crime and in the
number of legal cases. This explains why the existing judicial courts in the second
legislative dis of the Province of Misamis Occidental are beset with problems
of docket congestions and delays in the resolution of cases. Records from the
judicial courts in Misamis Occidental show that loads from the second district
covers a vast volume of cases which clog the court dockets and drag the
dispensation of justice in the area. Hence, the creation of an additional branch of
the RTC in Ozamis City, the conversion of the MCTC Clarin-Tidela MTC in
Clarin, and an MCTC in in the second legislative district of the province is of
utmost importance for the people therein because it will ease the burden of the
courts and will certainly lead to a speedier and inexpensive resolution of cases.

The existing 4" MCTC comprising the municipalities of Jimenez and
Sinacaban will be reorganized, where the Municipality of Sinacaban will be no
longer be circuitized with the Municipality of Jimenez, located in the first


legislative district of Misamis Occidental. The Municipality of Sinacaban will now
be circuitized with the Municipality of Tudela to comprise the new MCTC
Sinacaban-Tudela, with seat in Sinacaban.

In consonance with the State’s policy of providing effective mechanisms for
the efficient administration of justice, the i e approval of this bill is
earnestly requested.



Sixteenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO, 4406

Introduced by Honorable Henry S. Oaminal

AN ACT

CREATING AN ADDITIONAL BRANCH OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT IN OZAMIS CITY, CONVERTING THE MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT
TRIAL COURT COMPRISING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CLARIN AND
TUDELA INTO THE MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT OF CLARIN, AND
CREATING A NEW MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT
COMPRISING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SINACABAN AND TUDELA,
ALL IN THE SECOND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE
OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS
PAMBANSA BLG. 129 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE JUDICIARY
REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. There shall be created an additional Regional Trial Court
(RTC) branch in Ozamis City, and a Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC)
comprising the municipalities of Sinacaban and Tudela, all in the second
legislative district of the Province of Misamis Occidental

The existing Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) comprising the

municipalities of Clarin and Tudela, both in the second legislative district of the


Province of Misamis Occidental, shall be converted into the Municipal Trial Court
(MTC) of Clarin:

‘The existing Fourth Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) comprising the
municipalities of Jimenez and Sinacaban shall be reorganized, where the
Municipality of Sinacaban shall no longer be circuitized with the Municipality of
Jimenez, located in the first legislative district of the province of Misamis
Occidental. The Municipality of Sinacaban together with the Municipality of
‘Tudela shall now comprise the Fourth Municipal Circuit Trial Court, with seat at

Sinacaban.

SEC. 2. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in coordination with the
Secretary of Justice, shall immediately include in its program the
operationalization of the additional Regional Trial Court, the Municipal Trial
Court, and the Municipal Circuit Trial Court in the Second Legislative District of
the Province of Misamis Occidental, the funding of which shall be included in the
General Appropriations Act. The funds necessary for the operation of the Courts
herein created and reorganized shall be appropriated and released only upon the

actual organization of the Courts and the appointment of personnel


SEC. 4. All pending cases within the jurisdiction of the municipalities of
Sinacaban and Tudela shall be transferred to the newly created Fourth Municipal
Circuit Trial Court and, with respect to the Municipality of Jimenez, to the Third

Municipal Circuit Trial Court, and shall be tried and decided therein.

SEC. 3. This Act amends Section 14 (k) and Section 29 of Batas Pambansa
Bilang 129, as amended. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, other
issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby

repealed and modified accordingly.

SEC. 4, This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the

Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,