AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN OF BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1981

Eighth Congress

REPUBLIC ACT No. 7154             September 4, 1991

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN OF BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1981

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 14, paragraph (a), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 2. Section 14, paragraph (b), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3. Section 14, paragraph (c), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4. Section 14, paragraph (d), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5. Section 14, paragraph (e), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6. Section 14, paragraph (f), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 7. Section 14, paragraph (g), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 8. Section 14, paragraph (h), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 9. Section 14, paragraph (i), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 10. Section 14, paragraph (j), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 11. Section 14, paragraph (k), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 12. Section 14, paragraph (l), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 13. Section 14, paragraph (m), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 14. The Supreme Court shall effect the renumbering of the Regional Trial Courts from the Roman numeral system to Arabic numeral system. It shall also reorder the numbering of all the Regional Trial Courts all over the country in accordance with the allocations of seats provided herein.

Section 15. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act on priority basis as determined by the Supreme Court is hereby authorized to be included in the appropriations of the Supreme Court in the annual General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into law and thereafter: provided, that, to effectively implement this Act, the Supreme Court is hereby vested with the power to prioritize or to determine which sala or salas shall be established for a given year: provided, further, that, for reasons of efficiency, economy and accessibility, the Supreme Court is hereby authorized to transfer a sala from one station, as determined herein, to another within the same Judicial Region; Provided, finally, that the Supreme Court shall not effect the transfer of a sala oftener than once every three (3) years.

Section 16. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: September 4, 1991.