An Act Amending Section Thirteen of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, As to the Admission of Persons to Practice Law in the Courts of the Philippine Islands
Act No. 553, enacted on December 6, 1902, amends Section 13 of Act No. 190 regarding the admission of individuals to practice law in the Philippine Islands. It stipulates that individuals who held positions such as Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of a Court of First Instance, Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, or Assistant Attorney-General before October 1, 1901, can be licensed to practice law without examination, provided they can prove their previous position. The Act emphasizes the need for swift enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 553
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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December 6, 1902
ACT NO. 553
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS TO THE ADMISSION OF PERSONS TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE COURTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
SECTION 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing a code of procedure in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding to paragraph one of said section the following language: "Provided, That any person who, before October first, nineteen hundred and one, held under the present government the position of Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of a Court of First Instance, Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, or Assistant Attorney-General, may be duly licensed to practice law in the courts of the Philippine Islands without an examination, upon establishing such fact."
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 6, 1902.
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An Act Amending Section Thirteen of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, As to the Admission of Persons to Practice Law in the Courts of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 553, Dec 6, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Thirteen of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, As to the Admission of Persons to Practice Law in the Courts of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 553 (Phil. 1902)
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