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RA 3811 (The Charter of the City of Dapitan) Section 78

RA 3811 (The Charter of the City of Dapitan) Section 78

Section 78

SEC. 78. Regular auxiliary and acting judges of municipal courts.&mdashThere shall be a municipal court for the City of Dapitan for which there shall be appointed a municipal judge and an auxiliary municipal judge. The municipal judge may, upon proper application, be allowed a vacation of not more than thirty days every year with salary. The auxiliary municipal judge shall discharge the duties of the municipal judge in case of absence, incapacity or inability of the latter until he assumes his post, or until a new judge shall have been appointed. During his incumbency, the auxiliary municipal judge shall enjoy the powers, emoluments and privileges of the municipal judge who shall not receive any remuneration therefor except the salary to which he is entitled by reason of his vacation provided for in this Act. In case of absence, incapacity or inability of both the municipal judge and the auxiliary municipal judge, the Secretary of Justice shall designate the justice of the peace of any of the adjoining municipalities to preside over the municipal court, and he shall hold office temporarily until the regular incumbent or the auxiliary judge thereof shall have resumed office or until another judge shall have been appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The justice of the peace so designated shall receive his salary as justice of the peace plus seventy per cent of the salary of the municipal judge whose office he has temporarily assumed. The municipal judge shall receive a salary of not exceeding five thousand four hundred pesos per annum to be paid by the national government.

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CitationRA 3811 (The Charter of the City of Dapitan) Section 78 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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