Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 1345)
The main purpose of Act No. 1345 is to amend Act No. 867 by abolishing the Court of First Instance authorized to be held at Bangued in the Province of Abra and to reorganize the judicial districts concerning Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and the subprovince of Abra.
The Second Judicial District consists of the Provinces of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur, including the subprovince of Abra.
The Act specifies that Courts of First Instance in the Second Judicial District shall be held at Vigan for Ilocos Sur on the first Tuesdays of March, September, and November, and at Laoag for Ilocos Norte on the first Tuesdays of January and July.
The Court of First Instance at Bangued was abolished, and there shall no longer be a clerk of the Court of First Instance for the Province of Abra.
The present clerk in Abra is directed to deliver all the records of his office to the clerk of the Court of First Instance for Ilocos Sur, who shall receive and preserve them as part of the records of Ilocos Sur.
The Act took effect on June 1, 1905.
It was enacted by the Philippine Commission under the authority of the United States.
Section 3 addresses the abolition of the Court of First Instance in Bangued.
Section 4 expediates the passage of the Act, citing the requirement of the public good and referring to procedural rules for the enactment of laws to speed up the process.
Act No. 1345 modifies the existing Second Judicial District by including the subprovince of Abra into it, and abolishing the Court of First Instance in Bangued, thereby consolidating jurisdiction.