Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 441)
Republic Act No. 441 is an act to extend the period for filing petitions for the reconstitution of records of pending judicial proceedings destroyed during the last Pacific War.
Section 1 allows the party or parties interested in any case pending in courts, with records destroyed by the last Pacific war, to file a petition for reconstitution of such records within one year from the date of the Act's approval.
Act Numbered Three thousand one hundred and ten's provisions on the filing period are superseded to allow an extended period under Republic Act No. 441.
The party or parties interested in the pending case whose judicial records were destroyed during the last Pacific War may file the petition.
The extended period is one year from the date of approval of the Act, June 7, 1950.
The procedure, requirements, and other incidents are governed by the provisions of Act Numbered Three thousand one hundred ten.
The Act took effect upon its approval on June 7, 1950.
The destruction of judicial records during the last Pacific War necessitated the reconstitution to allow continuation of pending judicial proceedings.
It applies only to records of pending judicial proceedings that were destroyed during the last Pacific War.
The 'last Pacific war' refers to World War II in the Pacific theater, during which many judicial records were destroyed, thus prompting the reconstitution law.