Section 1
Sec. 1. Section one of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and three, as amended by Common wealth Act Numbered Two hundred and fifty-four, is further amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. Jurisdiction - Judges. - There is created a Court of Industrial Relations hereinafter called die court, which shall have jurisdiction over the entire Philippines, to consider, investigate, decide, and settle all questions, matters, controversies, or disputes arising between, and/or affecting employers and employees or laborers, and landlords and tenants or farm-laborers, and regulate the relations between them, subject to the provisions of this Act. "The Court shall also have jurisdiction over cases submitted to i t under the provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-one. "The Court shall consist of a presiding Judge and four associate Judges to be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of die Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly. The Judges of the Court shall have the same qualifications provided in die Constitution for members of the Supreme Court, and shall hold office during good behavior until they reach the age of seventy years, or become incapacitated to discharge the duties of their office. Whenever die terms 'senior judge' or 'judge' and 'judges' appear in Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and three, as amended, they shall, unless die context, otherwise provides, mean 'presiding judge,' and ' associate judge,' respectively. "They may be suspended or removed in the sane manner and upon die same grounds as the Judges of die Court of First Instance. "The presiding Judge shall receive an annual compensation of eleven thousand pesos and the lour associate Judges shall receive an annual compensation of ten thousand pesos each. they shall be entitled to traveling expenses and per diems when performing official duties outside of the City of Manila. "The Department of Justice shall have executive supervision over die Court. "The Court shall keep a record of its proceedings. The Judges shall act on such matters as the presiding Judge may designate and each of them shall have power to preside over hearing of cases assigned to him and to render decisions thereon. "Should any party aggrieved by a ruling or decision of any of the Judges, request a reconsideration thereof, or at the request of any of them, the Judges shall sit together, and the concurrence of at least three of the five judges shall be necessary for the pronouncement of a decision, order, or award. "If on account of illness, absence, or incapacity of any of the judges of the court, or, whenever, by reason of temporary disability of any judge thereof or of a vacancy occurring therein, the requisite number of judges necessary to render a decision, order, or award in my case, is not present, or, in the event of a tie vote among the Judges, the Secretary of Justice may designate such number of judges of the Court of First Instance, as may be necessary, to sit temporarily as judges of the said court, until a decision, order, or award in said case is readied."