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CA 547 Section 74

Regular, auxiliary arid acting judges of municipal courts.

Section 74

SEC. 74. Regular, auxiliary arid acting judges of municipal courts. - There shall be a municipal court for the City of Cavite, for which there shall he appointed a municipal judge and an auxiliary municipal judge. The municipal judge may, upon proper application, be allowed a vacation of .not, more than thirty days every year with salary. The auxiliary municipal judge shall discharge the duties in case of absence, incapacity or inability of the municipal judge until he resumes his post, or until a new judge shall have teen appointed. Curing his incumbency, the auxiliary municipal judge shall enjoy the powers, emoluments and privileges of the municipal judge who shall not receive any remuneration therefore except the salary to which be is entitled by reason of his vacation provided for in this Act. In case of absence, incapacity or inability, of both the municipal judge and die auxiliary municipal judge, the Secretary of Justice shall designate the justice of the peace of any of the adjoining municipalities to preside over the municipal court, and the same shall hold the office temporarily until the regular incumbent or the auxiliary judge thereof shall have resumed office, or until another judge shall have been appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The justice of the peace so designated shall receive his salary as justice of the peace plus seventy per cent of the salary of the municipal judge whose office he has temporarily assumed. The municipal judge shall receive a salary of not exceeding three thousand pesos per annum.

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CitationCA 547 Section 74 (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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