Section 1September 4, 1991, Sec./Art. 1

Section 14, paragraph (a), of Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, otherwise known as the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1981, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(a) Seventy Regional Trial Judges shall be commissioned for the First Judicial Region. There shall be:

"Three branches with seats thereat for the Province of Abra, with seats at Bangued and Bucay;

"Fourteen branches with seats thereat for the Province of Benguet and the City of Baguio, with seats at Baguio City, La Trinidad, and Buguias;

"Ten branches with seats thereat for the Province of Ilocos Norte and the City of Laoag, with seats at Laoag City, Batac, and Bangui;

"Six branches with seats thereat for the Province of Ilocos Sur, with seats at Vigan, Narvacan, Cabigao and Tagudin;

"Eleven branches with seats thereat for the Province of La Union, with seats at San Fernando, Agoo, Bauang, and Balaoan;

"Two branches with seats thereat for the Province of Mountain Province, with seats at Bontoc; and

"Twenty-four branches with seats thereat for the Province of Pangasinan and the Cities of Dagupan and San Carlos, with seats at Lingayen, Dagupan City, Urdaneta, Villasis, Tayug, Rosales, Alaminos, Burgos, and San Carlos City."