Temporary Assignment of Judges of Courts of First Instance
Act No. 14, enacted on October 10, 1900, allows for the temporary assignment of judges from the Court of First Instance to preside over cases in provinces without established courts. Upon receiving a written application, the President of the Supreme Court can assign a judge to hear the case, granting them full authority as if a court existed in that province. The assigned judge can conduct trials in either the designated province or their regular court location, depending on convenience and justice. The assignment must be documented in writing and recorded in the Supreme Court and the Court of First Instance records. This Act took effect immediately upon its passage.
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- What is Temporary Assignment of Judges of Courts of First Instance about?
- Act No. 14, enacted on October 10, 1900, allows for the temporary assignment of judges from the Court of First Instance to preside over cases in provinces without established courts. Upon receiving a written application, the President of the Supreme Court can assign a judge to hear the case, granting them full authority as if a court existed in that province. The assigned judge can conduct trials in either the designated province or their regular court location, depending on convenience and justice. The assignment must be documented in writing and recorded in the Supreme Court and the Court of First Instance records. This Act took effect immediately upon its passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 14?
- Temporary Assignment of Judges of Courts of First Instance (Act No. 14) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Temporary Assignment of Judges of Courts of First Instance enacted?
- Temporary Assignment of Judges of Courts of First Instance (Act No. 14) was enacted on Oct 10, 1900.
- What is the citation for Temporary Assignment of Judges of Courts of First Instance?
- Temporary Assignment of Judges of Courts of First Instance, Act No. 14, Oct 10, 1900 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 14
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 10, 1900
ACT NO. 14
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES OF THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE TO PRESIDE IN THE TRIAL OF ACTIONS PROPERLY TRIABLE IN PROVINCES WHERE NO COURTS OF THE FIRST INSTANCE HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
SECTION 1. Whenever applications in writing shall be made to the Supreme Court, representing that the petitioner desires to bring an action in a Court of the First Instance within one of the provinces of the Philippine Islands in which there is then no Court of the First Instance, and which action would be properly triable in such court, if existing, and praying that provision may be made for the hearing and determination of the action, the President of the Supreme Court may, in his discretion, if he is satisfied that no injustice will thereby be done, temporarily assign any judge of a Court of First Instance to preside in the trial of the proposed action.
SECTION 2. Upon the assignment of a judge in accordance with the provisions of the preceding section, the judge so assigned shall have full authority to hear and determine the action, and all questions arising therein, to the same extent and with the same effect as if there had been established by law a Court of First Instance of the province in which the action would properly have been triable and he were the permanent judge thereof; and the same rights of appeal shall appertain to the action.
SECTION 3. The action shall be brought and the record thereof made in the regular court of the assigned judge, and process shall issue therefrom to the province in which the case would be properly triable were there a Court of First Instance established in such province, and the trial may take place either in such province or at the place where the assigned judge regularly under the law holds court as the President of the Supreme Court, having regard to the convenience of the trial judge and justice to the parties shall order.
SECTION 4. The assignment and order made by the Chief Justice under the preceding section shall be in writing and spread upon the minutes of the Supreme Court and upon the records of the Court of First Instance, the judge of which is so assigned.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 10, 1900.
Cite This Law
Temporary Assignment of Judges of Courts of First Instance, Act No. 14, Oct 10, 1900 (Philippines)
Temporary Assignment of Judges of Courts of First Instance, Act No. 14 (Phil. 1900)
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