Section 1. Sec. sixteen
hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Administrative Code, as
amended, is further amended to read as follows:
"Sec.
1674. Assistant provincial fiscals. — In the
following provinces there shall be assistant provincial fiscals in such
numbers and with such salaries as are hereinafter provided:
"Bohol,
two assistant provincial fiscals, two thousand eight hundred pesos and
two thousand four hundred pesos respectively, per annum;
"Cagayan, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum;
"Cotabato, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum;
"Ilocos Norte, two assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each;
"Ilocos Sur, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum;
"Isabela, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand per annum;
"La Union, two assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand pesos per annum each;
"Mountain Province, one
assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum;
"Pangasinan, three assistant
provincial fiscals, one at two thousand eight hundred pesos, and two at
two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each;
"Nueva Ecija, four assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos and two thousand
four hundred pesos, respectively, and the last two at two thousand
pesos per annum each;
"Pampanga, two assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos and two thousand
four hundred pesos, respectively, per annum;
"Bulacan, two assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos and two thousand
four hundred pesos, respectively, per annum;
"Tarlac, two assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each;
"Albay, two assistant provincial
fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each;
"Oriental Negros, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand eight hundred pesos per annum;
"Rizal, three assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos, two thousand
four hundred pesos, and two thousand pesos, respectively, per annum;
"Samar, three assistant
provincial fiscals, two at two thousand four hundred pesos each, and
one at two thousand pesos per annum;
"Laguna, two assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos and two thousand
pesos, respectively, per annum;
"Lanao, one assistant provincial
fiscal at two thousand per annum;
"Batangas, two assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each;
"Cavite, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum;
"Quezon, two assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos, two thousand
four hundred pesos, respectively, per annum;
"Mindoro, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum;
"Sorsogon, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum;
"Antique, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum;
"Capiz, two assistant provincial
fiscals at two thousand pesos per annum each;
"Iloilo, three assistant
provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos, two thousand
four hundred pesos, and two thousand pesos, respectively, per annum;
"Occidental Negros, four
assistant provincial fiscals, one at two thousand eight hundred, two at
two thousand four hundred pesos each, and one at two thousand pesos per
annum;
"Leyte, four assistant
provincial fiscals, one at two thousand eight hundred pesos, two at two
thousand four hundred pesos each, and the last one at two thousand
pesos per annum;
"Cebu, five assistant provincial
fiscals at three thousand pesos, and two thousand eight hundred pesos,
respectively, and the last three at two thousand four hundred pesos per
annum each;
"Oriental Misamis, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos, per annum each;
"Occidental Misamis, one
assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum;
"Surigao, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum;
"Camarines Sur, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum;
"Zamboanga, one assistant
provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum; and
"Sulu, one assistant provincial
fiscal at two thousand pesos, per annum.
"These officers shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the
Commission on Appointments of the Congress of the Philippines, and
their salaries shall be paid by the provinces concerned. The salary of
the assistant provincial fiscal shall be included in the annual
appropriation of the province in the same manner as the salary of the
provincial fiscal. To be eligible for appointment to this position, a
person must be a citizen of the Philippines who has been duly admitted
to practice in the court of said islands, and has been in actual
practice for at least three years, prior to his
appointments.
Sec. 2. This
Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: March 24, 1947
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