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Sec. 14, paragraph (j) of Batas Pambansa Bilang Isang Daan at Dalawamput Siyam, otherwise known as the "Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980", as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 14. Regional Trial Courts.
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"(j) Thirty-one Regional Trial Judges shall be commissioned for the Ninth Judicial Region. There shall be:
"x x x
"Fourteen branches with seats thereat for the Province of Zamboanga del Sur and the Cities of Pagadian and Zamboanga, with seats at Zamboanga City, Pagadian City, Molave, San Miguel and Aurora.
"Two branches with seats thereat for the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay with seats at Ipil and lmelda."
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