Section 83June 17, 1948, Sec./Art. 83

Salaries of the judges of the municipal courts of chartered cities and of the justices of the peace in provincial capitals. - The annual salary of each of the judges of the municipal courts of the following chartered cities shall be:

(a) Of the City of Manila, six thousand pesos;

(b) Of Quezon City, and the Cities of Baguio, Cebu, Rizal and Iloilo, five thousand four hundred pesos;

(c) Of the Cities of Bacolod and San Pablo, four thousand pesos;

(d) Of the Cities of Cavite, Davao, Ormoc, Dagupan, Lipa and Zamboanga, and of other cities, three thousand six hundred pesos.

The annual salaries of the justices of the peace of the capitals of the provinces shall be as follows:

Of the justices of the peace of the capitals of the Provinces of Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, and Rizal, four thousand pesos each; of the justices of the peace of the capitals of the Provinces of Bulacan, Laguna, La Union, Pampanga, Quezon, and Tarlac, three thousand six hundred pesos each; of the justices of the peace of the capitals of the Provinces of Albay, Bataan, Batangas, Camarines Sur, Capiz, Cotabato, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Isabela, Leyte, Negros Oriental, and Nueva Vizcaya, three thousand pesos each; of the justices of the peace of the capitals of the other provinces organized under the Provincial Law, the capitals of the Provinces of Agusan, Batanes, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Lanao, Palawan, Mountain Province, and Sulu, two thousand four hundred pesos each; Provided, however, That for judicial purposes the municipality of Aparri, Province of Cagayan, and the municipality of Cervantes, Province of Ilocos Sur, shall be considered as provincial capitals and the respective justices of the peace thereof shall have the same qualifications required of, and shall have the jurisdiction as, under the law, may be exercised by the justices of the peace of provincial capitals and shall be paid an annual salary of two thousand four hundred pesos each: Provided, further, That the judge of the municipal court of a city which is at the same time the capital of a province shall be considered as the judge of the peace of the capital of such province.