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RA 4413 Section 83

Incidental powers of city court.

Section 83

SEC. 83. Incidental powers of city court.—The city court shall have power to administer oaths and to give certificates thereof; to issue summonses, writs, warrants, executions, and all other processes necessary to enforce its orders and judgments; to compel the attendance of witnesses; to punish contempts of court by fine or imprisonment, or both, within the limitations imposed by the Rules of Court and to require of any Person arrested a bond for good behaviour or to keep the peace, or for the further appearance of such person before a court of competent jurisdiction. But no such bond shall be accepted unless it be executed by the Person in whose behalf it is made, with sufficient surety or sureties, to be approved by said court.

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CitationRA 4413 Section 83 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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