Addition of trial court branches in Antipolo

Section 1 amends Section 14(e) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, which governs Regional Trial Courts.
Section 2 amends Section 29 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, which governs Municipal Trial Courts in cities.
Republic Act No. 9377 provides for four additional Regional Trial Court branches and two additional Municipal Trial Court branches with station at Antipolo.

Section 14(e) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, as amended by Section 1 of Republic Act No. 9377, allocates one hundred Regional Trial Judges for the Fourth Judicial Region.
Section 14(e) provides that the Fourth Judicial Region shall have eighteen branches with seats for the Province of Rizal, and Antipolo City, except cities and municipalities in the National Capital Judicial Region.
The seats for those branches include Binangonan, San Mateo, Morong, Tanay, and Antipolo City.

Section 29 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, as amended by Section 2 of Republic Act No. 9377, requires a Municipal Trial Court in every city not forming part of a metropolitan area, subject to the provided exceptions.
Section 29 provides four branches for Antipolo City.

Section 3 directs the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in coordination with the Secretary of the Department of Justice, to immediately include the operationalization of the additional branches in the court’s program.
Section 3 requires operationalization for the additional branches in the Province of Rizal with station at the City of Antipolo.
Section 3 mandates that the funding for operationalization be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 4 empowers the Supreme Court to issue the necessary rules and regulations for effective implementation.
Section 4 authorizes the Supreme Court, if warranted, to realign the seats of existing branches and their territorial jurisdictions.