An Act to Amend Section Seventy-Three of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, as Amended by Section Eight of Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, so as to Make it Applicable Both to Civil and Criminal Cases, and Repealing Section Three of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Four
Act No. 1888, enacted on May 8, 1909, amends Section 73 of Act No. 190 to apply disqualification rules to both civil and criminal cases involving justices of the peace. It mandates that if a regular justice is disqualified, the auxiliary justice must take over unless they are also disqualified, in which case the case transfers to the nearest available justice. Additionally, Section 3 of Act No. 194 is repealed. This law took effect immediately upon its passage.
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- Act No. 1888
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
May 8, 1909
ACT No. 1888
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVENTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED BY SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, SO AS TO MAKE IT APPLICABLE BOTH TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES, AND REPEALING SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR
SECTION 1. Section seventy-three of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, as amended by section eight of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 73. In every case, whether civil or criminal, of disqualification of a justice of the peace upon any ground mentioned in section eight of this Act, the regular justice shall notify the auxiliary, who shall thereupon appear and try the cause, unless he shall be likewise disqualified or otherwise disabled, in which event the cause shall be transferred to the nearest justice of the peace of the province who is not disqualified."
SECTION 2. Section three of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety-four is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED: May 8, 1909.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Section Seventy-Three of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, as Amended by Section Eight of Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, so as to Make it Applicable Both to Civil and Criminal Cases, and Repealing Section Three of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Four, Act No. 1888, May 8, 1909 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section Seventy-Three of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, as Amended by Section Eight of Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, so as to Make it Applicable Both to Civil and Criminal Cases, and Repealing Section Three of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety-Four, Act No. 1888 (Phil. 1909)
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