Act No. 3403




[ Act No. 3403, December 05, 1927 ] AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE AND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, PROVIDING UNIFORM TIME LIMITS FOR APPEALS IN SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same: Section 1. Section seven hundred and seventy-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 779. Method of perfecting such appeal.-The person thus appealing shall perfect his appeal within twentyfive days after the date on which he was notified of the order, decree, or judgment by the Court of First Instance, by filing with the clerk of that court a statement in writing that he appeals to the Supreme Court from such order, decree, or judgment. The clerk shall thereupon transmit to the Supreme Court a certified transcript of the account embraced in the order, decree, or judgment, and of the order, decree, or judgment appealed from, and of the appeal." Section 2. Section seven hundred and eighty-one of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 781. Appeal in case of allowance or disallowance of wills.ℒαwρhi৷-Any person interested in the allowance or disallowance of a will by a Court of First Instance, may appeal to the Supreme Court from such allowance or disallowance, by filing with the Court of First Instance an application for an appeal, within twenty-five days after the date on which he was notified of the judgment allowing or disallowing the will, and by the execution and filing of a bond such as is provided in the preceding section. The clerk shall transmit to the Supreme Court the original of the will in case any question of the identity of the signatures thereon is involved in the controversy. In case the original will is transmitted to the Supreme Court, the clerk of the Court of First Instance shall retain in his files a certified copy thereof." Section 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, December 5, 1927. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation