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Section 13 of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 13. Decision, Maximum Period for Termination of Cases. - Cases brought before the Court shall be decided in accordance with Section 15, paragraph (1), Article VIII (Judicial Department) of the 1987 Constitution. Decisions of the Court shall be in writing, stating clearly and distinctly the facts and the law on which they are based, and signed by the Justices concurring therein. The Court shall provide for the publication of its decision in the Official Gazette in such form and manner as may best be adopted for public information and use.
"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."
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