Title of Act.
Section 1
SECTION 1. Title of Act.—This Act shall be known as the Judiciary Act of 1948.
RA 296 CHAPTER I
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Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and other courts.
Section 2
SEC. 2. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and other courts.—The courts referred to in this Act are the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Courts of First Instance, the Municipal Courts and the Justice of the Peace Courts.
Special provision in oath of judges.
Section 3
SEC. 3. Special provision in oath of judges.—The oath of office of judges, including justices of the peace and judges of municipal courts, shall contain, in addition to the matters prescribed in section twenty-three of the Revised Administrative Code, a declaration to the effect that the affiant will administer justice without respect to person and do equal right to the poor and the rich. The oath of office of the justice of the peace and judge of a municipal court shall be the same in substance as that prescribed for a judge of first instance. Said oath shall be filed with the clerk of Court of First Instance in the province or city, as the case may be, and shall be there preserved.
Preservation of oath of office of judge.
Section 4
SEC. 4. Preservation of oath of office of judge.—The oath of office of a judge shall be filed with the clerk of the court to which the affiant pertains and shall be entered upon its records. Where a judge is authorized by law to exercise his functions in more than one court, it shall suffice if his oath is recorded in the court where he has his official station.
Judge's certificate as to work completed.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Judge's certificate as to work completed.—District judges, judges-at-large, cadastral judges, judges of municipal courts, and justices of the peace shall certify on their applications for leave, and upon salary vouchers presented by them for payment, or upon the pay rolls upon which their salaries are paid, that all special proceedings, applications, petitions, motions, and all civil and criminal cases which have been under submission for decision or determination, for a period of ninety days or more have been determined and decided on or before the date of making the certificate, and no leave shall be granted and no salary shall be paid without such certificate. In case any special proceeding, application, petition, motion, civil or criminal case is resubmitted upon the voluntary application or consent in writing of all the parties to the case, cause, or proceeding, and not otherwise, the ninety days herein prescribed within which a decision should be made shall begin to run from the date of such resubmission.
Disposition of moneys paid into court.
Section 6
SEC. 6. Disposition of moneys paid into court.—All moneys accruing to the Government in the Supreme Court, in the Count of Appeals, and in the Courts of First Instance, including fees, fines, forfeitures, costs, or other miscellaneous receipts, and all trust or depository funds paid into such courts shall be received by the corresponding clerk of court and, in the absence of special provision, shall be paid by him into the National Treasury to the credit of the proper account or fund and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Auditor General. A clerk shall not receive money belonging to private parties except where the same is paid to him or into court by authority of law.
Disbursement of funds for judiciary establishment.
Section 7
SEC. 7. Disbursement of funds for judiciary establishment.—Except as otherwise specially provided, national funds available for the judiciary establishment shall be disbursed by the disbursing officer of the Bureau of Justice.
Annual report of clerks of courts.
Section 8
SEC. 8. Annual report of clerks of courts.—The clerk of the Supreme Court, the clerk of the Court of Appeals, and all clerks of Courts of First Instance shall make annual reports to the Solicitor General, of such scope and in such form as shall be by the latter prescribed, concerning the business done in their respective courts during the year.
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