Practice question
An RTC branch is validly designated to hear agrarian cases outside quasi-judicial jurisdiction under Section23. A litigant calls it an administrative agency solely because it handles specialized disputes. Which is correct?
- It becomes the Department of Agriculture
- Its specialization automatically abolishes judicial character
- It becomes a barangay council
- It remains an RTC branch exercising judicial functions
- It becomes a private corporation
Legal references
- BP129 Sections22,23,25 and35 (institutional classifications, without monetary thresholds): https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1981/bp_129_1981.html
- 1987 Constitution, Article VIII Sections4 and5(5): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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