Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 3779)
Section 1 amends Section 155 of the Revised Administrative Code to allow a Judge of First Instance to be detailed by the Secretary of Justice to temporary duty in a district or province other than his own, for the purpose of trying all kinds of cases if the public interest and speedy administration of justice require it.
The Secretary of Justice has the authority to detail a Judge of First Instance to temporary duty in another district or province.
A judge may be detailed to another district if the public interest and the speedy administration of justice so require.
A judge may advance or postpone the term of court or transfer the place of holding the same when weather conditions, the conditions of the roads or means of transportation, the number of cases, or the interests of the administration of justice require it, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Justice.
Yes, a judge can transfer the place of holding the court to another municipality within the same judicial district with the approval of the Secretary of Justice.
In land registration cases, the court venue may be transferred to any other place more convenient to the parties involved.
Judges of First Instance in the fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-second, twenty-third, and twenty-sixth judicial districts shall receive an annual salary of ten thousand pesos each.
They receive an annual salary of nine thousand pesos each.
Other Judges of First Instance and Auxiliary Judges of First Instance receive an annual salary of eight thousand pesos each.
The Clerk of the Supreme Court receives an annual salary of six thousand pesos.
This Act took effect upon its approval on November 28, 1930.