REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10162, April 17, 2012

AN ACT CREATING TWO (2) ADDITIONAL REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCHES IN THE PROVINCE OF LAGUNA TO BE STATIONED AT STA. ROSA CITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (E) …

Official Gazette April 17, 2012
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Be is enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION
1. Two (2) additional branches of the Regional Trial Court to be
stationed at Sta. Rosa City, Province of Laguna are hereby created in
the Fourth Judicial Region.

The Supreme Court shall assign the
branch number of the newly-created Regional Trial Court branches in the
Fourt Judicial Region.

SEC. 2. The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Justice,
shall immediately include in the Court’s program the operationalization
of the two (2) additional Regional Trial Court branches to be stationed
at Sta. Rosa City, Province of Laguna, the funding of which shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 3.
Section 14(e) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as “The
Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980”, as amended, and all other laws,
rules and regulations which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby
amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the Official Gazetter or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE
(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR.
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
of Representatives

This
Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed
by the House of Representative and the Senate on May 23, 2011 and
February 21, 2012, respectively.

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES
(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary of the Senate
Secretary General
House of Representatives

Approved: APR 17, 2012

(Sgd.) BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines