Section 24
SECTION 24. The Court of Appeals of the Philippines shall consist of a Presiding Justice, and thirty-five Associate Justices who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines. The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals shall be so designated in his commission, and the other Justice; of the Court shall have precedence according to the date of their respective commission, or when the commission of two or more of them shall bear the same date, according to the order in which their commissions have been issued by the President of the Philippines: Provided, however, That a member of the Court of Appeals appointed to any other branch of the government shall receive as compensation from that branch not less than his compensation in the Court of Appeals. Any such member who is re-appointed to that Court after rendering service in any other branch of the government shall retain the precedence to which he is entitled under his original appointment and his service in the Court shall, to all intents and purpose, be considered as continuous and uninterrupted. The Court of Appeals shall, as a body sit en banc but it may sit in twelve divisions of three justices each. The twelve divisions may sit at the same time.