RA 1963 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. The tenth paragraph of section fifty of Republic Act Numbered Two hundred ninety-six, otherwise known as "The Judiciary Act of 1948," as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "Eight judges shall be commissioned for the Tenth Judicial District. Three judges shall preside over the Courts of First Instance of Camarines Sur and Naga City and shall be known as judges of the first, second and third branches thereof, respectively; two judges shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Albay and shall be known as judges of the first and second branches thereof; one judge shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Catanduanes; one judge shall preside over the Court of First Instance of the Province of Sorsogon; and one judge shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Masbate."

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