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WHEREAS,
the Judiciary, in the discharge of its functions and duties, can
generate
its own funds and resources to help augment its budgetary requirements
and ensure the uplift of its members and personnel.
NOW,
THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree:
Section
1. There is hereby established
a Judiciary Development Fund, hereinafter referred to as the Fund, for
the benefit of the members and personnel of the Judiciary to help
ensure
and guarantee the independence of the Judiciary as mandated by the
Constitution
and public policy and required by the impartial administration of
justice.
The Fund shall be derived from, among others, the increase in the legal
fees prescribed in the amendments to Rule 141 of the Rules of Court to
be promulgated by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The Fund shall
be used to augment the allowances of the members and personnel of the
Judiciary
and to finance the acquisition, maintenance and repair of office
equipment
and facilities; Provided, That a least eighty percent (80%) of the Fund
shall be used for cost of living allowances, and not more than twenty
percent
(20%) of the said Fund shall be used for office equipment and
facilities
of the Courts located where the legal fees are collected; Provided,
further,
That said allowances of the members and personnel of the Judiciary
shall
be distributed in proportion of their basic salaries; and, Provided,
finally,
That bigger allowances may be granted to those receiving a basic salary
of less than P1,000.00 a month.
Sec.
2. The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall administer and allocate the Fund and shall have the sole
exclusive
power and duty to approve the authorize disbursements and expenditures
of the Fund in accordance with the guidelines set in this Decree and
its
implementing rules and regulations.
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5. The Supreme Court shall promulgate
the rules and regulations to implement this Decree.
Sec.
6. All laws, decrees, executive
or administrative orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof,
inconsistent
with this Decree are hereby modified, amended or repealed.
Sec.
7. This Decree shall take effect
upon the promulgation of the revised schedule of legal fees prescribed
in Rule 141 of the Rules of Court.
Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-four..chan robles virtual law library
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