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Act No. 190 Section 790

Justice of the peace.

Section 790

SEC. 790. Justice of the peace. — For each action tried, including entry of action, judgment, and record, and swearing all witnesses, one dollar; for each summons or subpoena containing one name, twenty cents; for each additional name therein, four cents; for issuing execution, twenty-five cents; for administering oath upon any affidavit or other paper with certificate of oath, twenty cents; for an appeal, with proceedings, taking bond, making and forwarding transcript of record, seventy-five cents; for each certificate not otherwise provided for, fifteen cents; for writing and certifying deposition, including the administration of oath to the witness, five cents for each one hundred words in the deposition and certificate; for certified copies of any record of proceeding of which any person is entitled to receive a copy, five cents for each one hundred words. A justice of the peace upon receiving payment of fees allowed to him by law, must render to the person or persons so paying an itemized account thereof.

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CitationAct No. 190 Section 790 (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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