PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1171 - AN
ACT TO PROVIDE THE VENUE OF ACTION ON CLAIMS OF EMPLOYEES, LABORERS AND
OTHER HELPS |
| Section 1. Any
provisions of law or the Rules of Court to the contrary
notwithstanding, civil actions on claims of employees, laborers and
other helps may be commenced and tried in the court of competent
jurisdiction where the defendant or any of the defendants resides or
may be found, or where the plaintiff or any of the plaintiffs resides,
at the election of the plaintiff.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 18, 1954 |