Preamble
WHEREAS, the Provinces of Leyte and Southern Leyte, including the cities of Tacloban and Ormoc, have a total population of 1,523,145 giving rise to numerous juvenile cases and domestic problems; WHEREAS, a Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court is needed in the aforementioned provinces and cities to exclusively handle and resolve juvenile cases and domestic problems; and WHEREAS, Branch XII of the Court of First Instance of Leyte with station at Tacloban City is still unorganized and its conversion into a Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court will not adversely affect the administration of justice; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree: