Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 186)
The main purpose of Act No. 186 is to transfer actions and proceedings pending in the courts of justices of the peace and provost courts in the city of Manila to the new courts created by Act No. 183, incorporating the city of Manila.
The existing courts of justices of the peace in the city of Manila are abolished and all civil actions and proceedings pending in them are transferred to the courts of justices of the peace established under Act No. 183.
The courts of justices of the peace established under Act No. 183 have the same power and jurisdiction over civil actions as if they had been originally filed there.
They are transferred to the municipal courts established under Act No. 183, which have the same power and jurisdiction over these criminal actions and the defendants.
Criminal actions shall be tried in the judicial district of the city of Manila where the offense is alleged to have been committed.
Such military orders and acts are repealed, and criminal prosecutions pending in the provost courts are transferred to the municipal courts or Courts of First Instance for the District of Manila.
No, the jurisdiction of provost courts over purely military offenses is not affected by this Act.
They are to be tried and determined in the same manner and with the same legal effect as if they had originally been commenced in those courts.
This Act takes effect at the same time as Act No. 183, incorporating the city of Manila.
Section 69 of Act No. 136, relating to the organization of courts, is repealed.