Be It Enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of The Philippines in Congress Assembled
Be It Enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of The Philippines in Congress Assembled
Be It Enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of The Philippines in Congress Assembled
Manila
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"The Presiding Justice and Associate Justices shall hold office during
good behavior, until they reach the age of seventy (70), or become
incapacitated to discharge the duties of their office, unless sooner
removed for the same causes and in the same manner provided by
law for members of the judiciary of equivalent rank."
"Four (4) Justices shall constitute a quorum for sessions en banc and
two (2) Justices for sessions of a Division: Provided, That when the
required quorum cannot be constituted due to any vacancy,
disqualification, inhibition, disability, or any other lawful cause, the
Presiding Justice shall designate any Justice of other Divisions of the
Court to sit temporarily therein.
"All other cases involving rulings, orders or decisions filed with the
CTA as provided for in Section 7 shall be raffled to its Divisions. A
party adversely affected by a ruling, order or decision of a Division of
the CTA may file a motion for reconsideration of new trial before the
same Division of the CTA within fifteens (15) days from notice
thereof: Provide, however, That in criminal cases, the general rule
applicable in regular Courts on matters of prosecution and appeal
shall likewise apply.
"No appeal taken to the CTA from the decision of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue or the Commissioner of Customs or the Regional
Trial Court, provincial, city or municipal treasurer or the Secretary of
Finance, the Secretary of Trade and Industry and Secretary of
Agriculture, as the case may be shall suspend the payment, levy,
distraint, and/or sale of any property of the taxpayer for the
satisfaction of his tax liability as provided by existing law: Provided,
however, That when in the opinion of the Court the collection by the
aforementioned government agencies may jeopardize the interest of
the Government and/or the taxpayer the Court any stage of the
proceeding may suspend the said collection and require the taxpayer
either to deposit the amount claimed or to file a surety bond for not
more than double the amount with the Court.
"The Justices of the Court shall each certify on their applications for
leave, and upon salary vouchers presented by them for payment, or
upon the payrolls under which their salaries are paid, that all
proceedings, petitions and motions which have been submitted to the
Court for determination or decision for a period required by the law or
the Constitution, as the case may be, have been determined or
decided by the Court on or before the date of making the certificate,
and no leave shall be granted and no salary shall be paid without
such certificate."
Section 19. Effectivity Clause - This Act shall take effect after fifteen
(15) days following its publication in at least (2) newspapers of
general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2712 and House
Bill No. 6673 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of
Representatives on December 8, 2003 and February 2, 2004,
respectively.