CREATING ADDITIONAL COURTS IN CERTAIN CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 723
• Sections: 6

Preamble

WHEREAS, there are certain municipal and city courts whose

case loads have increased to such an extent that they are no longer

manageable by the present number of salas therein;

WHEREAS, it will be in the interest of the administration of

justice and in line with the Government's policy of decongesting court

dockets to create additional salas where needed;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue

of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and in order to effect

the speedy disposition of the cases in our courts, do hereby order and

decree:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Additional salas are hereby created in the

municipal courts of the following municipalities, namely:

Present

Additional

Total

Valenzuela, Bulacan

1

1

2

Makati, Rizal

1

3

4

Malabon, Rizal

1

1

2

Marikina, Rizal

1

1

2

Navotas, Rizal

1

1

2

Paranaque, Rizal

1

2

3

Pasig, Rizal

1

3

4

Las Piñas, Rizal

1

1

2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Additional salas are likewise hereby created

in the city courts of the following cities, namely:

Present

Additional

Total

Bacolod City

3

2

5

Caloocan City

2

2

4

Zamboanga City

1

2

3

Davao City

4

2

6

Quezon City

7

2

9

Section 3

SEC. 3. The additional courts herein created shall each be

provided with the necessary personnel, equipment and facilities to

enable them to function as soon as the judges therein are appointed;

Section 4

SEC. 4. The sum of One Million Six Hundred Thousand Pesos is

hereby appropriated out of the general funds in the National Treasury

not otherwise appropriated and the release thereof is hereby ordered.

Section 5

SEC. 5. All laws or provisions thereof inconsistent

herewith are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly.

Done in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of June, in the year of

Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary