The regional trial court (RTC) of Iloilo City has been designated to handle cases involving violations of the Anti-Terrorism Act (RA. 11479) and the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act (RA 10168).
All terrorism and counter-terrorism financing cases in Western Visayas will be heard by the Iloilo City RTC Branch 31.
The Iloilo City RTC is among the 15 RTCs throughout the country identified by the Supreme Court (SC) to “exclusively and speedily hear, try and decide” the cases committed in the respective regions.
The controversial Anti-Terrorism Act was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 3, 2021 and took effect on July 18 of the same year.
The validity of the law was upheld by the SC in December except for its two provisions.IMT
