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Act No. 2664 Section 2

Act No. 2664 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Ex oficio justices of the peace of municipal districts may, in their deiscreation, transfer any case within their jurisdiction to the justice of the peace of the nearest organized municipality in the province. The process of ex oficio justices of the peace may be served ouside of the municipal districts over which they hold jurisdiction, in the same manner and in the same cases as in the process of the justice of the peace court of organized municipalities. No fees of any kind shall be taxed or awarded against the municipal districts in any actions or criminal proceedings heard by justices of the peace of said municipal districts, nor against organized municipalities in which any actions or criminal proceedings are heard on account of transfer from the justice of the peace of any municipal districts. The fees imposed by a justice of the peace for any infraction of provincial and municipal ordinances shall accrue to the corresponding municipal treasury if the violations have been committed within the territory of organized municipalities, and if committed outside of the territory of organized municipalities the fine shall be covered into the corresponding provincial treasury, for the benefit of the municipal district concerned. The Governor-General may, in his discretion, authorize a municipal district president to act as justice of the peace to try cases for violation of municipal ordinances within his district.

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CitationAct No. 2664 Section 2 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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

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