Section 89June 17, 1948, Sec./Art. 89

Traveling expenses of justices of the peace assigned to hear civil, cadastral and criminal cases. - Whenever a justice of the peace, upon assignment by the district judge, either hears and determines cadastral or land registration cases or exercises like jurisdiction as the Court of First Instance to try parties charged with an offense committed within the province in which the penalty provided by law does not exceed imprisonment for two years and four months, or a fine of two thousand pesos, or both such imprisonment and fine, he shall receive, in addition to his salary, during the time that he is acting by virtue of such assignment, a per diem not to exceed five pesos: Provided, however, That if said justice of the peace hears and determines cadastral or land registration cases elsewhere than in the municipality in which he exercises jurisdiction, upon the authority of the Secretary of Justice, he shall be paid, in addition to his necessary traveling expenses, a per diem not to exceed fifteen pesos to be fixed by the Secretary of Justice.