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Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of thePhilippinesMetro
Manila
Tenth Congress
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day
of July, two thousand seven.
Republic Act No. 8249 February 5 !99"
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepresentatives of the
Philippines in Congressassembled::
*ection !. The rst paragraph of Section 1 ofresidential !ecree
"o. 1#$#, as a%ended, is here&yfurther a%ended to read as
follows:
'S()T*+" 1. Sandigan&ayan )o%position,ualications Tenure
e%oval and )o%pensation. - /special court, of the sa%e level as the
)ourt of /ppealsand possessing all the inherent powers of a
courtof0ustice, to &e nown as the Sandigan&ayan is
here&ycreated co%posed of a presiding 0ustice and
fourteenassociate 0ustices who shall &e appointed &y
theresident.'
*ection 2. Section 2 of the sa%e decree is here&yfurther
a%ended to read as follows:
'S()T*+" 2. +3cial Station lace of 4olding Sessions. -
The Sandigan&ayan shall have its principal o3ce in theMetro
Manila area and shall hold sessions thereat for thetrial and
deter%ination of cases led with it: rovided,however, That cases
originating fro% the principalgeographical regions of the country,
that is, fro% 5u6on,7isayas or Mindanao, shall &e heard in
their respectiveregions of origin e8cept only when the
greaterconvenience of the accused and of the witnesses, orother
co%pelling considerations re9uire the contrary, inwhich instance a
case originating fro% one geographicalregion %ay &e heard in
another geographical region:rovided, further, That for this purpose
the presiding0ustice shall authori6e any divisions of the court to
holdsessions at any ti%e and place outside Metro Manilaand, where
the interest of 0ustice so re9uires, outsidethe territorial
&oundaries of the hilippines. TheSandigan&ayan %ay re9uire
the services of thepersonnel and the use of facilities of the
courts or othergovern%ent o3ces where any of the divisions is
holdingsessions and the personnel of such courts or o3ces
shall&e su&0ect to the orders of the
Sandigan&ayan.'
*ection 3.The second paragraph of Section of thesa%e decree is
here&y deleted.
*ection 4. Section ; of the sa%e decree is here&yfurther
a%ended to read as follows:
'a. 7iolations of epu&lic /ct "o. $1enses orfelonies whether
si%ple orco%ple8ed with other cri%es co%%itted &y the
pu&lico3cials and e%ployees %entioned in su§ion a
ofthis section in relation to their o3ce.
'c. )ivil and cri%inal cases led pursuant to and inconnection
with (8ecutive +rder "os. 1, 2, 1; and 1;-/,issued in 1
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regional trial courts whether in the e8ercise of their
ownoriginal 0urisdiction orof their appellate 0urisdiction asherein
provided.
'The Sandigan&ayan shall have e8clusive original0urisdiction
over petitions for the issuance of the writs of%anda%us,
prohi&ition, certiorari, ha&eas corpus,in0unctions, and
other ancillary writs and processes inaid of its appellate
0urisdiction and over petitions ofsi%ilar nature, including 9uo
warranto, arising or that%ay arise in cases led or which %ay &e
led under
(8ecutive +rder "os. 1,2,1; and 1;-/, issued in 1
