SECTION  259 . Supervision of Judges of First Instance Over Justices of Peace — Annual Report of Justice . — The judge of the Court of First Instance shall at all times exercise supervision over the justices of the peace within his district, and shall keep hi mself informed of the manner in which they perform their duties, by personal inspection whenever possible, from reports which he may require from them, from cases appealed to his court, and from all other available sources. In proper cases he shall advise  and instruct them whenever requested, or when occasion arises, and such justices of the peace shall apply to him and not the Attorney-General for advice and instruction, and any such inquiries received by the Attorney-General shall be referred by him to th e judge of the proper district. The justice of the peace shall, during the first five days of the fiscal year, forward to said judge of the district a report concerning the business done in his court for the previous year, upon forms to be prescribed by the Attorney-General with the appr oval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice. Such report shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the Court of First Instance, and said judge of the district shall, with the assistance of said clerk, embody a summary of such reports for each province of his district, together with other matters o f interest and importance relative to the administration of justice therein, particularly with reference to justice of the peace courts, in a brief report, which he shall forward as soon as possible after the close of the fiscal year to the Secretary of Fi nance and Justice. [2041-2.] SECTION  260 . Suspension and Removal. —  If at any time the judge of first instance has reason to believe that a justice of the peace is not performing his duties properly, or if complaints are made which, if true, would indicate that the justice is unfit fo r the office, he shall make such investigation of the same as the circumstances may seem to him to warrant, and may, for good cause, reprimand the justice, or may recommend to the Governor-General his removal from office, or his removal and disqualificatio n from holding office and may suspend him from office pending action by the Governor-General. The Governor-General may, upon such recommendation or on his own motion, remove from office any justice of the peace or auxiliary justice of the peace. HDITCS [1627-32.] SECTION  261 . Final Disposition of Dockets . — When a justice of the peace shall die or resign or shall be removed from office or shall remove from the jurisdiction to which he was appointed, or when his office shall in any way become vacant, such justice of  the peace, or his legal representative in case of his death, Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 90