An Act to Provide the Venue of Action on Claims of Employees, Laborers and Other Helps
Year:
1954
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 18, 1954
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This Act provides the venue for civil actions on claims made by employees, laborers, and other helpers. It allows such actions to be commenced and tried in the court where the defendant resides or where the plaintiff resides, at the election of the plaintiff.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 1171
An Act to Provide the Venue of Action on Claims of Employees, Laborers and Other Helps
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Any provisions of law or the Rules of Court to the contrary notwithstanding, civil actions on claims of employees, laborers and other helps may be commenced and tried in the court of competent jurisdiction where the defendant or any of the defendants resides or may be found, or where the plaintiff or any of the plaintiffs resides, at the election of the plaintiff.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 18, 1954.
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