An Act Requiring Justices of the Peace and Judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of Municipal Courts to Certify on Their Application for Leave and upon Salary Vouchers and Payrolls that All Special Proceedings, Applications, Petitions, Demurrers, Motions, and All Civil and Criminal Cases under Submission for Decision or Determination for a Period of Ninety Days or More have been Determined and Decided on or Before the Date of Making such Certificate, and Providing that No Leave shall be Granted or Salary Paid until such Certificate shall have been Made
Act No. 1552, enacted on October 27, 1906, mandates that justices of the peace and judges must certify that all cases pending for 90 days or more have been resolved before they can apply for leave or receive their salaries. This certification must accompany their leave applications and salary vouchers. If a case is resubmitted with written consent from all parties, the 90-day period for decision-making resets. The act emphasizes the importance of timely decision-making in the judiciary and took effect on December 31, 1906.
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- Act No. 1552, enacted on October 27, 1906, mandates that justices of the peace and judges must certify that all cases pending for 90 days or more have been resolved before they can apply for leave or receive their salaries. This certification must accompany their leave applications and salary vouchers. If a case is resubmitted with written consent from all parties, the 90-day period for decision-making resets. The act emphasizes the importance of timely decision-making in the judiciary and took effect on December 31, 1906.
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- An Act Requiring Justices of the Peace and Judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of Municipal Courts to Certify on Their Application for Leave and upon Salary Vouchers and Payrolls that All Special Proceedings, Applications, Petitions, Demurrers, Motions, and All Civil and Criminal Cases under Submission for Decision or Determination for a Period of Ninety Days or More have been Determined and Decided on or Before the Date of Making such Certificate, and Providing that No Leave shall be Granted or Salary Paid until such Certificate shall have been Made (Act No. 1552) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Requiring Justices of the Peace and Judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of Municipal Courts to Certify on Their Application for Leave and upon Salary Vouchers and Payrolls that All Special Proceedings, Applications, Petitions, Demurrers, Motions, and All Civil and Criminal Cases under Submission for Decision or Determination for a Period of Ninety Days or More have been Determined and Decided on or Before the Date of Making such Certificate, and Providing that No Leave shall be Granted or Salary Paid until such Certificate shall have been Made (Act No. 1552) was enacted on Oct 27, 1906.
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- An Act Requiring Justices of the Peace and Judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of Municipal Courts to Certify on Their Application for Leave and upon Salary Vouchers and Payrolls that All Special Proceedings, Applications, Petitions, Demurrers, Motions, and All Civil and Criminal Cases under Submission for Decision or Determination for a Period of Ninety Days or More have been Determined and Decided on or Before the Date of Making such Certificate, and Providing that No Leave shall be Granted or Salary Paid until such Certificate shall have been Made, Act No. 1552, Oct 27, 1906 (Philippines)
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October 27, 1906
ACT NO. 1552
AN ACT REQUIRING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND JUDGES OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE, OF THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION, AND OF MUNICIPAL COURTS TO CERTIFY ON THEIR APPLICATION FOR LEAVE AND UPON SALARY VOUCHERS AND PAYROLLS THAT ALL SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS, APPLICATIONS, PETITIONS, DEMURRERS, MOTIONS, AND ALL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES UNDER SUBMISSION FOR DECISION OR DETERMINATION FOR A PERIOD OF NINETY DAYS OR MORE HAVE BEEN DETERMINED AND DECIDED ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF MAKING SUCH CERTIFICATE, AND PROVIDING THAT NO LEAVE SHALL BE GRANTED OR SALARY PAID UNTIL SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL HAVE BEEN MADE
SECTION 1. Justices of the peace and judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of municipal courts shall certify on their applications for the leave prescribed by Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixty-seven, and upon salary vouchers presented by them for payment, and upon all payrolls upon which their salaries are paid, that all special proceedings, applications, petitions, demurrers, motions, and all civil and criminal cases which have been under submission for decision or determination for a period of ninety days or more have been determined and decided on or before the date of making the certificate, and no leave shall be granted and no salary shall be paid without such certificate.
In case any special proceeding, application, petition, demurrer, motion, civil or criminal case is resubmitted upon the voluntary application or consent in writing of all the parties to the case, cause, or proceeding, and not otherwise, the ninety days herein prescribed within which a decision should be made shall begin to run from the date of such resubmission.
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 December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six.
ENACTED, October 27, 1906.
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An Act Requiring Justices of the Peace and Judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of Municipal Courts to Certify on Their Application for Leave and upon Salary Vouchers and Payrolls that All Special Proceedings, Applications, Petitions, Demurrers, Motions, and All Civil and Criminal Cases under Submission for Decision or Determination for a Period of Ninety Days or More have been Determined and Decided on or Before the Date of Making such Certificate, and Providing that No Leave shall be Granted or Salary Paid until such Certificate shall have been Made, Act No. 1552, Oct 27, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act Requiring Justices of the Peace and Judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of Municipal Courts to Certify on Their Application for Leave and upon Salary Vouchers and Payrolls that All Special Proceedings, Applications, Petitions, Demurrers, Motions, and All Civil and Criminal Cases under Submission for Decision or Determination for a Period of Ninety Days or More have been Determined and Decided on or Before the Date of Making such Certificate, and Providing that No Leave shall be Granted or Salary Paid until such Certificate shall have been Made, Act No. 1552 (Phil. 1906)
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