Section 71June 17, 1948, Sec./Art. 71

Qualifications for the office of Justice of the Peace. - No person shall be eligible to appointment as justice of the peace or auxiliary justice of the peace unless he is (1) at least twenty-three years of age; (2) a citizen of the Philippines; (3) of good moral character and has not been convicted of any felony; and (4) has been admitted by the Supreme Court to the practice of law.

No person shall be appointed judge of the municipal court of any chartered city or justice of the peace of any provincial capital unless he shall have practiced law in the Philippines for a period of five years, or has held during a like period within the Philippines an office requiring admission to the practice of law in the Philippines as an indispensable requisite.