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RA 8472 Section 6

RA 8472 Section 6

Jurisdiction of the City.

Section 6

SEC. 6. Jurisdiction of the City. – The jurisdiction of the City of Tagum for police purposes only shall be coextensive with its territorial jurisdiction and for the purpose of protecting and ensuring the purity of the water supply of the City, such police jurisdiction shall also extend over all the territory within the drainage area of such water supply, or within one hundred meters of any reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct, or pumping station used in connection with the city water service. The Regional Trial Courts and the City Courts of the City of Tagum shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the Regional Trial Courts and the Metropolitan Trial Courts or City or Municipal Trial Courts of the adjoining municipalities to try crimes and misdemeanor committed within the said drainage area, or within said spaces of one hundred meters. The court first taking jurisdiction of such offense shall thereafter retain exclusive jurisdiction thereof.

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CitationRA 8472 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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