Additional Judges for Fifth Judicial District (CFI-Bulacan)
Republic Act No. 5052, enacted on June 17, 1967, amends the Judiciary Act of 1948 to establish two additional judges for the Fifth Judicial District in the Philippines. It specifies that nine judges will be commissioned, with five assigned to the Court of First Instance in Bulacan, and details their locations within the municipalities of Pampanga, Bataan, and Bulacan. The Act authorizes the appropriation of fifty thousand pesos from the National Treasury to support its implementation. It took effect upon approval and was published in the Official Gazette on March 10, 1969.
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- What is Additional Judges for Fifth Judicial District (CFI-Bulacan) about?
- Republic Act No. 5052, enacted on June 17, 1967, amends the Judiciary Act of 1948 to establish two additional judges for the Fifth Judicial District in the Philippines. It specifies that nine judges will be commissioned, with five assigned to the Court of First Instance in Bulacan, and details their locations within the municipalities of Pampanga, Bataan, and Bulacan. The Act authorizes the appropriation of fifty thousand pesos from the National Treasury to support its implementation. It took effect upon approval and was published in the Official Gazette on March 10, 1969.
- What type of law is Republic Act No. 5052?
- Additional Judges for Fifth Judicial District (CFI-Bulacan) (Republic Act No. 5052) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Additional Judges for Fifth Judicial District (CFI-Bulacan) enacted?
- Additional Judges for Fifth Judicial District (CFI-Bulacan) (Republic Act No. 5052) was enacted on Jun 17, 1967.
- What is the citation for Additional Judges for Fifth Judicial District (CFI-Bulacan)?
- Additional Judges for Fifth Judicial District (CFI-Bulacan), Republic Act No. 5052, Jun 17, 1967 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 5052
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 17, 1967
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5052
AN ACT PROVIDING TWO ADDITIONAL JUDGES FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT TO PRESIDE OVER THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF BULACAN, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS FIFTY AND FIFTY-TWO OF THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948
SECTION 1. The fifth paragraph of Section fifty of Republic Act Numbered Two hundred ninety-six, otherwise known as the Judiciary Act of 1948, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:
"Nine judges shall be commissioned for the Fifth Judicial District. Three judges shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Pampanga and shall be known as judges of the first, second and third branches thereof, respectively; one judge shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Bataan; and five judges shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Bulacan and shall be known as judges of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth branches thereof, respectively."
SECTION 2. The seventh paragraph of Section fifty-two of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: casia
"For the Fifth Judicial District, two judges shall be stationed in the Municipality of San Fernando, Province of Pampanga; and one judge shall be stationed in the Municipality of Guagua, Province of Pampanga; one judge in the Municipality of Balanga, Province of Bataan; two judges in the Municipality of Malolos, Province of Bulacan; the judge of the third branch, in the Municipality of Valenzeula, same province; and those of the fourth and fifth branches, in the municipalities of Baliwag and Sta. Maria, same province, respectively.
SECTION 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act. acd
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approval: June 17, 1967
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 65, No. 10, p. 2299 on March 10, 1969
Cite This Law
Additional Judges for Fifth Judicial District (CFI-Bulacan), Republic Act No. 5052, Jun 17, 1967 (Philippines)
Additional Judges for Fifth Judicial District (CFI-Bulacan), Republic Act No. 5052 (Phil. 1967)
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