H. No. 705 / 57 OG No. 45, 8102 (November 6, 1961)
"The presiding judge shall receive an annual compensation one thousand pesos more than the annual compensation of each of the four associate judges which shall be equal to that allowed or may hereafter be allowed for judges of courts of first instance. They shall be entitled to traveling expenses and per diems when performing official duties outside of the City of Manila. They shall be entitled further to the leave privileges granted under Section two hundred seventy-one of the Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Thirteen hundred ninety-nine."