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RA 9023 (Charter of the City of Isabela) Section 6

RA 9023 (Charter of the City of Isabela) Section 6

Jurisdiction of the City.

Section 6

SEC. 6. Jurisdiction of the City. — The jurisdiction of the City of Isabela, 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 (100 m.) 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 Isabela 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 space of one hundred meters (100 m.). The court first taking jurisdiction of such offense shall thereafter retain exclusive jurisdiction thereof. But any license that may be issued within said zone, area or spaces shall be granted by the proper authorities of the city or municipality concerned, and the fees arising there from shall accrue to the treasury of the said city or municipality. ARTICLE IICITY OFFICIALS IN GENERAL

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CitationRA 9023 (Charter of the City of Isabela) 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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