Presidential Decree No. 506 (PD 506) — Restoring Branch Vi of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur, to the Municipality of Tagudin, Amending Section 52 of Republic Act No. 296, as Amended by Presidential Decree No. 204.
Presidential Decree No. 506 (PD 506) — Restoring Branch Vi of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur, to the Municipality of Tagudin, Amending Section 52 of Republic Act No. 296, as Amended by Presidential Decree No. 204.
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WHEREAS, there is an urgent need, in the interest of the
administration of justice to make the Court of First Instance accessible
to the residents of Quirino, Cervantes, Sigay, Suyo, Alilem and Sugpon;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by' virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby decree and order that Branch VI of the Court of First Instance
of Ilocos Sur be transferred and restored to its former station in the
Municipality of Tagudin, Province of Ilocos Sur.
Section 52 of the Judiciary Act (Republic Act No. 296, as amended
by Presidential Decree No. 204 dated June 5, 1973) and other laws or
orders inconsistent herewith are hereby amended.
Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of July, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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