QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 4827)
Republic Act No. 4827 is an act further amending certain sections of Republic Act No. 183, otherwise known as the Charter of Pasay City, specifically regarding the city courts and related offices.
RA 4827 amends the first paragraph of Section 76 of Republic Act No. 183.
There shall be a city court of four branches for Pasay City, with four city judges and two auxiliary city judges.
It mentions regular, auxiliary, and acting judges of the city court.
It amends the first paragraph of Section 77, which concerns the clerk of the city court and his functions.
The clerk is appointed by the Mayor in accordance with Civil Service Laws, rules, and regulations.
The incumbent clerk continues in office without reappointment.
He shall receive compensation of eleven thousand four hundred pesos per annum.
He shall keep the seal of the court and affix it to all orders, judgments, certificates, records, and other documents issued in the court.
He must keep a docket of the trials in court, recording in a summary manner the names of the parties and proceedings in civil cases, and in criminal cases the defendant, the charge, witnesses, date of arrest, appearance of the defendant, and the lines and costs adjudged or collected.
Yes. It provides that the clerk has the power to administer oath.
It mandates that whenever the words “municipal judge” and “municipal court” appear in RA 183, they shall read as “city judge” and “city courts,” respectively.
Because it updates the terms used, reflecting that the former municipal judicial offices are treated as city court judges and city courts under the amended framework.
It shall take effect upon its approval.
It establishes the number of city court branches and judges (four branches; four city judges; two auxiliary city judges) and provides rules on the clerk’s appointment, tenure for incumbent, salary, duties, docketing, seal custody, and power to administer oaths.