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Act No. 136 Section 29

Assignment of Supreme Court judges to sit in Courts, of First Instance.

Section 29

SEC. 29. Assignment of Supreme Court judges to sit in Courts, of First Instance.—The Supreme Court may, at any time, and for any reason satisfactory to its judges, assign any judge of that Court to hear any particular cause pending in any Court of First Instance, or to hold a term of the court in any Court of First Instance. The judge so assigned shall possess all the powers of the regular judge of a Court of First Instance in all actions heard by him under such assignment, but shall not sit in the Supreme Court in review of any decisions made by him in a Court of First Instance.

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CitationAct No. 136 Section 29 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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