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RA 5972 Section 9

RA 5972 Section 9

Section 9

SEC. 9. Section eighty-two of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 82. Regular and Acting Judges of City Court.&mdashThere shall be a city court for the City of Olongapo consisting of five branches, for which a presiding and four other judges shall be appointed, to be known, respectively, as judge of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth branches. The city judges shall each receive a salary in accordance with existing laws: Provided, That such salaries shall be paid by the National Government. "One judge shall be designated by the Secretary of Justice to try traffic cases exclusively. When the public interest so requires, the Secretary of Justice may designate any of the judges to hold sessions at night. "The city court shall have the same jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases and the same incidental powers as are at present conferred by law upon municipal courts and such additional jurisdiction and powers as may hereafter be conferred upon them by law. "In cases of absence, sickness or incapacity of any of the judges of any of the city court and in case of any vacancies in such offices, the Secretary of Justice may designate any municipal judge of any municipality in the Province of Zambales to act as judge of the city court of the City of Olongapo, with all the powers of a regular judge of said court, but such acting judge shall not receive any additional compensation during the time he is acting as such."

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CitationRA 5972 Section 9 (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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