An Act Amending Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty-Six, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization of Courts in the Philippine Islands"
Act No. 1024, enacted on December 10, 1903, amends Act No. 136, which organizes courts in the Philippine Islands. It modifies the eligibility criteria for judges by reducing the required number of years of practice from thirty to twenty-five and allows graduates from recognized law schools to qualify. Additionally, the amendment decreases the required number of years a candidate must have practiced law from five to three. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- Reference Number
- Act No. 1024
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 10, 1903
ACT NO. 1024
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF COURTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS"
SECTION 1. Section three of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of courts in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by striking out the word "thirty" in paragraph numbered one of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty-five," and by inserting after the word "law" in the first line of paragraph numbered three, the words "or have been a graduate of a law school of recognized standing," and by striking out the word "five" in the fourth line of said paragraph numbered three of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three."
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, December 10, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty-Six, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization of Courts in the Philippine Islands", Act No. 1024, Dec 10, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered One Hundred and Thirty-Six, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization of Courts in the Philippine Islands", Act No. 1024 (Phil. 1903)
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