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RA 5519 Section 6

RA 5519 Section 6

Jurisdiction of the City.

Section 6

SEC. 6. Jurisdiction of the City.—The jurisdiction d city for police purpose shall be co-extensive with its territorial jurisdiction, and shall extend to three miles from the shores of the city; and for purposes of protecting and insuring the purity of the water supply of the city, such police jurisdiction shall also extend over or within one hundred meters of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct or pumping station used in connection with the city water service. The City Court of the city shall have concur jurisdiction with the Municipal or City Courts of the joining municipalities or cities, to try crimes and misdemeanors committed within said drainage area, or within said spaces of one hundred meters. The court first cognizance thereof shall have jurisdiction to try said cases to the exclusion of the others. The police force of the municipality and city concerned shall have concur jurisdiction with the police force of the city for the maintenance of good order and the enforcement of ordinance throughout said zone, areas or spaces.

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CitationRA 5519 Section 6 (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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