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Act No. 136 Section 51

Transferring of judges for special reasons.

Section 51

SEC. 51. Transferring of judges for special reasons.—Any judge of a Court of First Instance may be ordered by the Supreme Court to hold a term or part of a term of any Court of First Instance, although not in the district which properly appertains to his jurisdiction, whenever in the opinion of the judges of the Supreme Court such assignment is necessary, by reason of absence, illness, or disqualification of the judge who would properly preside in such court, or whenever, by reason of an unusual amount of business, the services of an additional judge may be needed in any district or province. The judgments, orders, and proceedings of the judge so assigned to another province or judicial district, shall be equally effective as if the regular judge of the province in which the court is held had presided.

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CitationAct No. 136 Section 51 (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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