QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 1372)
It confers concurrent jurisdiction upon the justices of the peace of Iloilo and Buenavista over causes arising in the barrio now known as Sanao, on the Island of Guimaras, Province of Iloilo.
The barrio now known as Sanao, on the Island of Guimaras, Province of Iloilo.
It provides that the justice of the peace first acquiring jurisdiction over any cause shall have exclusive jurisdiction thereof.
It means Act No. 1372 prevails over any existing law that would otherwise prevent or limit the conferred concurrent jurisdiction.
The rule is based on priority: the justice of the peace first acquiring jurisdiction over the cause gets exclusive jurisdiction.
It means once a justice of the peace has first acquired jurisdiction over a cause, the other justice of the peace will no longer have jurisdiction over that same cause.
The text uses broad language: it applies to “causes arising” in Sanao, without limiting to a specific type of case.
Because it determines which court will proceed to adjudicate the case and prevents jurisdictional overlap through a clear priority rule.
It states that the public good requires speedy enactment, and thus passage was expedited in accordance with Section 2 of an Act prescribing the order of procedure in enactment of laws.
It cites “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September 26, 1900.
It takes effect on its passage.
July 10, 1905.
It was enacted by the Philippine Commission by authority of the United States.
The principle is that the justice of the peace first acquiring jurisdiction has exclusive jurisdiction; the “first in acquiring jurisdiction” controls.