Statutes

Acts - AN ACT TO AMEND AND REVISE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY, AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE, RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF COURTS, BY MAKING NEW PROVISION TOR A COURT VACATION AND THE LEAVES OF ABSENCE OF THE JUDGES, AND FOR THE TERMS, SESSIONS, AND PLACES FOR HOLDING THE SUPREME COURT, BY REARRANGING THE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF THE ISLANDS AND THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS IN EACH PROVINCE, WITH SPECIAL PROVISION ASSIGNING PART OF ZAMBALES PROVINCE TO JURISDICTION OF COURT OF PANGASINAN, ADDING TWO DISTRICTS AND PROVIDING A JUDGE FOR EACH NEW DISTRICT, BY REVISING EXISTING PROVISIONS OF LAW AS TO SPECIAL TERMS AND THE PERFECTING OF BILLS OF EXCEPTIONS AT SUCH TERMS, AS TO WHERE JUDGES MAY SIGN JUDGMENTS, AS TO THEIR TRAVELING EXPENSES AND THOSE OF CERTAIN FISCALS AND CLERKS, PROVIDING FOR SALARIES OF CLERKS AND FOR APPOINTMENT OF CLERKS AND DEPUTIES AND FISCALS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Acts - AN ACT AUTHORIZING COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE TO ORDER THE EXECUTION OF LAWFUL SENTENCES OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS AND PROVOST COURTS IN CRIMINAL CASES IN WHICH SUCH SENTENCES WERE CONFIRMED BY PROPER AUTHORITY AND HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED AND WHICH CAN NOT BE EXECUTED BY THE COURTS IMPOSING THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR ABOLITION.

Acts - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, CREATING A BUREAU OF THE COLD STORAGE AND ICE PLANT, IN SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO THE DUTIES OF THE CASHIER OF SAID PLANT.

Acts - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, KNOWN AS THE "PHILIPPINE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT," BY CHANGING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COURT OF CUSTOMS APPEALS, PROVIDING FOR APPEALS IN CRIMINAL CAUSES AND FOR CERTIFICATES OF APPEAL IN OTHER CUSTOMS CASES WHERE THERE IS A DIVISION OF OPINION BETWEEN THE JUDGES OF THE COURT, AND SPECIFYING POWERS OF COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS IN CASES OF FINE AND FORFEITURE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Acts - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, KNOWN AS THE "COASTWISE TRADE ACT," BY MAKING THE MINIMUM TONNAGE FOR VESSELS LICENSED THEREUNDER FIFTY GROSS TONS.