RA 9285 Section 39

Court to Dismiss Case Involving a Construction Dispute.

Section 39

SEC. 39. Court to Dismiss Case Involving a Construction Dispute.—A Regional Trial Court before which a construction dispute is filed shall, upon becoming aware, not later than the pre-trial conference, that the parties had entered into an arbitration agreement, dismiss the case and refer the parties to arbitration to be conducted by the CIAC, unless both parties, assisted by their respective counsel, shall submit to the Regional Trial Court a written agreement exclusively for the Court, rather than the CIAC, to resolve the dispute.

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