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Act No. 2347 Section 5

Act No. 2347 Section 5

Of the terms of court.

Section 5

SEC. 5. Of the terms of court.—In districts of one province only, including the district of the city of Manila, the judges shall hold court on all working days while there are cases ready for trial in their judicial districts unless otherwise provided in this Act. In the other districts where the judges have to hold court outside of their residences, the terms of court shall be as follows: First District: At Tuguegarao, Province of Cagayan, on the first Tuesday of July and December of each year. At Santo Domingo de Basco, Province of Batanes, on the first Tuesday of March of each year. Second District: At Ilagan, Province of Isabela, on the -second district, first Tuesday of March and September of each year. At Bayombong, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, on the first Tuesday of July and December of each year. Third District: At Vigan, Province of Ilocos Sur, on the first Tuesday of January and July of each year. At Laoag, Province of Ilocos Norte, on the first Tuesday of March and September of each year. At Bangued, subprovince of Abra, on the first Tuesday of November of each year. Fourth District: At San Fernando, Province of Union, -fourth district. Amended on the first Tuesday of January and July of each year. At Baguio, Mountain Province, on the first Tuesday of April and September of each year. At Bontoc, Mountain Province, on the first Tuesday of March and November of each year. Sixth District: At Cabanatuan, Province of Nueva Ecija, on the first Tuesday of April and October of each year. At Tarlac, Province of Tarlac, on the first Tuesday of February and August of each year. Seventh District: At San Fernando, Province of Pam- -seventh district, panga, on the first Tuesday of April and October of each year. At Malolos, Province of Bulacan, on the first Tuesday of February and August of each year. Eighth District: At Iba, Province of Zambales, on the first Tuesday of January, July and October of each year. At Balanga, Province of Bataan, on the first Tuesday of April and December of each year. Tenth District: At Cavite, Province of Cavite, on the first Tuesday of January, July and November of each year. At Cuyo, Province of Palawan, on the first Tuesday of April of each year. At Puerto Princesa, Province of Palawan, on the third Tuesday of April of each year. Thirteenth District: At Batangas, Province of Batangas, on the first Tuesday of February and September of each year. At Calapan, Province of Mindoro, on the first Tuesday of July and December of each year. Fourteenth District: At Lucena, Province of Tayabas, on the first Tuesday of January, July and November of each year. At Boac, subprovince of Marinduque, on the second Tuesday of March and August of each year. Fifteenth District: At Nueva Caceres, Province of Ambos Camarines, on the first Tuesday of January, July and December of each year. At Tigaon, Province of Ambos Camarines, on the first Tuesday of November of each year. At Albay, Province of Albay, on the third Tuesday of February and the first Tuesday of September of each year. At Virac, subprovince of Catanduanes, Province of Albay, on the first Tuesday of April of each year. Sixteenth District: At Sorsogon, Province of Sorsogon, on the first Tuesday of February, July, and November of each year. At Masbate, subprovince of Masbate, on the first Tuesday of January of each year. Seventeenth District: At Capiz, Province of Capiz, on -seventeenth district, the first Tuesday of January and July of each year. At Calivo, same province, on the first Tuesday of November of each year. At San Jose, Province of Antique, on the first Tuesday of March and September of each year. At Romblon, subprovince of Romblon, on the first Tuesday cf April and December of each year. Eighteenth District: At Catbalogan, Province of Samar, on the first Tuesday of January and September of each year. At Borongan, same province, on the first Tuesday of April of each year. At Catarman, same province, on the first Tuesday of July of each year. Nineteenth District: At Tacloban, Province of Leyte, on. the first Tuesday of July and November of each year. At Maasin, same province, on the first Tuesday of April and October of each year. Twentieth District: At Cebu, Province of Cebu, on the first Tuesday of January and July of each year, and at Dumanjug, same province, on the first Tuesday of April and October of each year. Twenty-first District: At Dumaguete, Province of Oriental Negros, on the first Tuesday of January and November of each year. At Tagbilaran, Province of Bohol, on the first Tuesday of March, July and October of each year. At Larena, subprovince of Siquijor, on the first Tuesday of April of each year. Twenty-fourth District: At Surigao, Province of Surigao, on the first Tuesday of Januaxy, July and November of each year. At Butuan, Province of Agusan, on the first Tuesday of April and September of each year. Twenty-fifth District: At Cagayan, Province of Misamis, on the first Tuesday of January and July of each year. At Malaybalay, subprovince of Bukidnon, Province of Agusan, on the first Tuesday of September of each year. At Iligan, district of Lanao, Department of Mindanao and Sulu, on the first Tuesday of March and October of each year. At Dapitan, subdistrict of Dapitan, Department of Mindanao and Sulu, on the first Tuesday of December of each year. Twenty-sixth District: At Zamboanga, Department of Mindanao and Sulu, on the first Tuesday of January and July of each year. At Cotabato, same department, on the first Tuesday of February and August of each year. At Davao, same department, on the first Tuesday of March and September of each year. At Jolo, same department, on the first Tuesday of April and November of each year: Provided, however, That notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, the judges of Courts of First Instance, when authorized in writing by the Secretary of Finance and Justice, may hold terms of court at any time and in municipalities other than those enumerated in this section, but included within their respective districts: And provided, further, That said judges may, in their discretion, hold terms of court at any time and place within their respective districts, to try cases relative to registration of property. For the purposes of this section, both district and auxiliary judges of Courts of First Instance, their officers and employees, shall be entitled to reimbursement of their real and necessary traveling expenses only and shall not receive any per diem.

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