Amends Pasay City Charter: City Courts and Judges

Republic Act No. 4827 amends Republic Act No. 183, as amended, known as the Charter of Pasay City.
Section 1 further amends Section 76 of Republic Act No. 183.
Section 2 further amends Section 77 of Republic Act No. 183.
Section 3 updates terminology used in Republic Act No. 183 by changing references to municipal courts to city courts.

Section 1 provides that there shall be a city court of four branches for Pasay City.
Section 1 requires the appointment of four city judges for the four branches.
Section 1 provides for the appointment of two auxiliary city judges.
Section 1 states that the city court includes regular, auxiliary, and acting judges for Pasay City’s city court branches.

Section 2 establishes that there shall be a clerk of the city court.
The clerk is appointed by the Mayor in accordance with Civil Service Laws, rules and regulations.
Section 2 provides that the incumbent clerk of court continues in office without reappointment.
Section 2 fixes the clerk’s compensation at PHP 11,400 per annum.
Section 2 requires the clerk to keep the seal of the court and affix it to all orders, judgments, certificates, records, and other documents issued in the court.
Section 2 requires the clerk to keep a docket of trials in court and to record, in a summary manner, required details for both civil cases and criminal cases.
Section 2 grants the clerk the power to administer oath.

For civil cases, the clerk must record the names of the parties and the various proceedings in court.
For criminal cases, the clerk must record the name of defendant, the charge against him, and the names of witnesses.
Section 2 requires recording the date of arrest and the appearance of the defendant in criminal cases.
Section 2 requires recording the lines and costs adjudged or collected in accordance with the judgment.

Section 3 directs that when the words “municipal judge” appear in Republic Act No. 183, they shall read as “city judge”.
Section 3 directs that when the words “municipal court” appear in Republic Act No. 183, they shall read as “city courts”.