WHEREAS, there is an urgent need, in the interest of the administration of justice to make the Court of First Instance accessible to the residents of Quirino, Cervantes, Sigay, Suyo, Alilem and Sugpon;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by' virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order that Branch VI of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur be transferred and restored to its former station in the Municipality of Tagudin, Province of Ilocos Sur.

Section 52 of the Judiciary Act (Republic Act No. 296, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 204 dated June 5, 1973) and other laws or orders inconsistent herewith are hereby amended.

Done in the City of Manila, this 16th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.