R.A. 6092

REPUBLIC ACT No. 6092

AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTIONS FORTY-NINE, FIFTY AND FIFTY-TWO OF THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING ADDITIONAL COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE.

Section 1. Sections forty-nine, fifty and fifty-two of Republic Act Numbered Two hundred and ninety-six, as amended, known as the Judiciary Act of 1948, are hereby further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 49. Judicial Districts. Judicial districts for Courts of First Instance in the Philippines are constituted as follows:

"Sec. 50. Judges of the First Instance of Judicial Districts. Fourteen judges shall be commissioned for the First Judicial District. Five judges shall preside over the Courts of First Instance of Cagayan and Batangas and shall be known as the judges of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth branches thereof, respectively, the judge of the second branch to preside also over the Court of First Instance of Batanes; five judges shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Isabela, and shall be known as the judges of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth branches thereof; and three judges shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Nueva Vizcaya to be known as judges of the first, second and third branches thereof; one judge for the Subprovince of Quirino.

"Sec. 52. Permanent stations of District Judges. The permanent station of judges of the Sixth Judicial District shall be in the City of Manila.

Section 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: August 4, 1969.