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Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRE

First Regul
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House Bill No,

Introduced by: Representative Manuel Jose M. Dalipe

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This proposed legislative m
additional branches of the Regional
Zamboanga.

sure formally seeks to create four (4)
ial Court to be stationed in the City of

On November 12, 2012, RA 10301 was enacted into law increasing by
four (4) the number of Regional Trial Courts in Zamboanga City. However;
these four (4) RTCs namely; Branch 32, 33, 34 and 35 are not fully operational,
RIC judges for Branch 32 and 33 were just recently appointed by the previous
Administration without any manpower support, while Branch 34 and 35 are still
undergoing sereening processing of applications for judges by the Judicial and
Bar Council (IBC)

At present, the number of pending volume cases for the existing six (6)

Regional Trial Courts in Zamboanga City are as follows:
1) RTC Branch 13 3,274
2) RTC Branch 12 314
3) RTC Branch 15 829
4) RTC Branch 14 653
5) RTC Branch 17 480

6) RTC Branch 16 681

IL is noteworthy to state that RTC Branch 13 has the highest pending
cases as it is the Lone court that handles drug cases,

Duc to the increase of population in the City of Zamboanga coupled with
the intensified campaign of the Duterte Administration against illegal drugs by
law enforcement agencies, it is now imperative to increase the number of RTC
by four (4) in order to cope with the ever increasing number of incoming cases
particularly drug eases.

The proposed creation of additional four (4) RTC Branches is ultimately
for the purpose of improving the disposition and administration of justice in
consonant with the constitutional guarantee of speedy trial of all cases,


In view of the foregoing reasons, early passage of this bill is eamestly
sought.

MANUEL JOS
Representative, 2" Dis Iboanga City


Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

/ENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No.

Introduced by: Rep

ive Manuel Jose M. Dalipe

AN ACT
CREATING FOUR (4) ADDITIONAL BRANCHES OF THE
EGIONAL TRIAL COURT IN THE NINTH JUDICIAL REGION TO

BE TIONED AT ZAMBOANGA CITY, AMENDING FOR THE
PURPO: °C TION 14, PARAGRAPH (J) OF BATAS PAMBANSA,
BILANG 129, OTHERWISE K. PHE JUDICIARY
REORGANIZATION AC AMENDED, AND

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

SECTION 1. Four (4) additional Regional ‘Trial Courts to be stationed
at Zamboanga City, hereby oreated in the Ninth Judicial Region

The Supreme Court shall assign the branch numbers for the newly-
ereated branches of the Regional Trial Court in the Ninth Judicial Region.

PION 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 to be stationed at Zamboanga City, the funding of
Which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3, Section 14 (j) of Balas 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.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
complete publication in the Official Gazette, or in two (2) newspapers of general
circulation,

Approved,