S No. 1198

H. No. 12244

Republic of the Philippines

Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila

Second Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday the twenty-sixth day of July
nineteen hundred and ninety three.

[REPUBLIC ACT NO.

7700

]

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CONCURRENT JURISDICTION BETWEEN AND AMONG THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD DIVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION TO FURTHER ENSURE SPEEDY DISPOSITION OF CASES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 213 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Article 213 of Presidential Decree No. 442 as amended otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines, fourth paragraph thereof, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“The Commission may sit en banc or in five (5) divisions, each composed of three (3) members. Subject to the penultimate sentence of this paragraph, the Commission shall sit

en banc

only for purposes of promulgating rules and regulations governing the hearing and disposition of cases before any of its divisions and regional branches and formulating policies affecting its administration and operations. The Commission shall exercise its adjudicatory and all other powers, functions, and duties through its divisions. Of the five (5) divisions, the first, second and third divisions shall handle cases coming from the National Capital Region and other parts of Luzon: and the fourth and fifth divisions, cases from the Visayas and Mindanao, respectively:

Provided
That the Commission sitting

en banc

may

, on

temporary or emergency basis, allow cases within the jurisdiction of any division to be heard and decided by any of her division whose docket allows the additional workload and such transfer will not expose litigants to unnecessary additional expense. The divisions of the Commission shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction over cases within their respective territorial jurisdiction.”

SEC. 2. All laws, decrees, executive orders, letters of instructions, letters of implementation, rules and regulations or part or parts thereof inconsistent with any provision of this Act are hereby repealed, modified, superseded or amended accordingly.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in the

Official Gazette

or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation, whichever comes earlier.

Approved

This Act. which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No.l198 and House Bill No. 12244, was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on April 27, 1994.

Approved:

1 May 1994

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS



President of the Philippines

Source:


Presidential Management Staff