[2347-3.] SECTION  182 . Auxiliary Judges of First Instance . — There shall be seven auxiliary judges of first instance, one of whom shall be commissioned for each of the respective groups of judicial districts defined in the next paragraph hereof. The first group shall be composed of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Judicial Districts; the second group of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Districts; the third group of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Districts; the fourth group of the  Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Districts; the fifth group of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first Districts; the sixth group of the Seventeenth, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Districts; and the seventh group of the Tw enty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-sixth Districts. ARTICLE  V Auxiliary Judges of First Instance [2347-4.] S ECTION  183 . Official Stations of Auxiliary Judges . — The official stations of auxiliary judges shall be as follows: For the first group, in the capital of the Province of Ilocos Sur; for the second group, in the capital of the Province of Pangasinan; for  the third group, in the city of Manila; for the fourth group, in the capital of the Province of Albay; for the fifth group, in the city of Cebu; for the sixth group, in the city of Iloilo; for the seventh group, in the municipality of Zamboanga, Department  of Mindanao and Sulu. [2347-4.] S ECTION  184 . Functions of Auxiliary Judge . — Auxiliary judges shall assist the judges of first instance of the several districts comprised in their respective groups; shall act as substitute for said judges in cases of their absence, illness, or incapacity ; and shall temporarily supply any vacancy that may occur among them. When their services are not required elsewhere, auxiliary judges shall hold court at their respective official stations for the dispatch of any matters there requiring attention. SDaH Ec No special assignment by the Secretary of Finance and Justice shall be necessary to enable any auxiliary judge to act in any district in the proper group; and it shall be the duty of an auxiliary judge to render assistance to any of the 63 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011