Section 13
SEC. 13. He shall be ex officio a justice of the peace in and for the Province of Benguet. All the powers and duties of that office which are now or may hereafter be provided by law, are vested in him He shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with the commission of any offense, ah If the offense is one which a justice of the peace may finally try and decide, he shall try and decide it; and if the accused is convicted, he shall impose the proper punishment. If he shall find that the offense is one which can only be tried by a Court of First Instance, he shall make such investigation, and shall be governed by the same rules, as judges of the first instance in similar cases. If he finds that there is probable cause for believing the accused to be guilty, he shall bind him over for trial by the judge of the first instance for the Provinces of Union and Benguet, and shall at once forward to that official all the records in the case. He is hereby empowered to take bail of such accused person, should the case be bailable by law. Be in the same manner as a judge of the first instance.