Section 1
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section one hundred and fifty-four of the Administrative Code, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and forty-five, is further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 154. Judges of First Instance for Judicial Districts.-Five judges shall be commissioned for the first judicial district. Two judges with permanent residence in the Province of Cagayan shall preside over the Courts of First Instance of Cagayan, Batanes and the Subprovince of Apayao, Mountain Province; one judge with permanent residence in the Province of Isabela, shall preside over the Courts of First Instance of Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya; one judge shall preside over the Court of First Instance of and reside in the Province of Ilocos Norte; and another with permanent residence in the Province of Ilocos Sur, shall preside over the Courts of First Instance of Ilocos Sur and Abra.