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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1513



PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1513 - AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1275 ENTITLED "REORGANIZING THE PROSECUTION STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE OFFICES OF THE PROVINCIAL AND CITY FISCALS, REGIONALIZING THE PROSECUTION SERVICE, AND CREATING THE NATIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICE"

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WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1275 rationalized the allocation of positions of provincial and city fiscals according to workload of the respective offices of the provincial and city fiscals and/or the existing number of branches of the Courts of First Instance and City Courts; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1439, promulgated on June 10, 1978, created in certain provinces and cities additional branches of the Courts of First Instance and City Courts and new and additional Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary

WHEREAS, there is need to re-allocate the positions of provincial and city fiscals conformably to the increase in court salas under P.D. No. 1439 and in line with the objective of P.D. No. 1275 to rationalize the allocation of prosecution positions and functions in accordance with the requirements of the service.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following:cralaw:red

Section 1.    Section 12 of Presidential Decree No. 1275 is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red

"Sec. 12.    Offices of the Provincial Fiscal: Their Number in Each Province/Sub-Province. — There shall be in each of the following provinces and sub-provinces the corresponding number of provincial fiscals and their assistants:cralaw:red

a)    Rizal:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Ten Second Assistants
    Ten Third Assistants
    Fourteen Fourth Assistants
    Fourteen Assistants

b)    Cebu:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Four Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants
    Six Fourth Assistants
    Eight Assistants

c)    Pangasinan:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants
    Six Fourth Assistants
    Seven Assistants

d)    Negros Occidental:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants
    Four Fourth Assistants
    Seven Assistants

e)    Pampanga; Bulacan:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants
    Four Fourth Assistants
    Six Assistants

f)    Quezon; Camarines Sur; Iloilo:  
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Two Third Assistants
    Four Fourth Assistants
    Five Assistants

g)    Nueva Ecija; Laguna; Albay; Leyte:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants
    Five Fourth Assistants

h)    Batangas; Cagayan; Negros Oriental:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants
    Four Fourth Assistants

i)    La Union:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Four Second Assistants
    Five Third Assistants

j)    Ilocos Norte; Ilocos Sur; Cavite: Davao del Sur: 
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants

k)    Misamis Oriental; Zamboanga del Sur; Masbate; Capiz; Isabela:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants

l)    Benguet; Tarlac; Palawan; Aklan; Northern Samar; Bohol; Zamboanga del Norte:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Two Third Assistants

m)    Nueva Vizcaya; Zambales; Bataan; Camarines Norte; Sorsogon; Western Samar; Eastern Samar; Surigao del Sur; Surigao del Norte; Bukidnon; Lanao del Norte; Davao del Norte; Davao Oriental; Misamis Occidental; Agusan del Norte; Maguindanao:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants

n)    Abra; Kalinga-Apayao; Mindoro Oriental; Mindoro Occidental; Catanduanes; Antique; Southern Leyte; Lanao del Sur; North Cotabato; South Cotabato; Sulu:  
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    One Second Assistant

o)    Batanes; Quirino; Mountain Province; Ifugao; Romblon; Marinduque; Siquijor; Agusan del Sur; Camiguin; Sultan Kudarat; Basilan; Tawi-Tawi:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant

p)    Subprovinces of Aurora; Biliran; Guimaras:
    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant

Section 2.    Section 13 of the same Decree is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 13.    Offices of the City Fiscal: Their Number in Each City. There shall be in each of the following cities the corresponding number of city fiscals and their assistants:cralaw:red

a)    Manila:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Twenty Four Second Assistants
    Thirty Third Assistants
    Thirty Fourth Assistants
    Forty Assistants

b)    Quezon City: 
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Twenty Two Second Assistants
    Twenty Two Third Assistants
    Twenty Two Fourth Assistants
    Twenty Two Assistants

c)    City of Cebu:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Seven Second Assistants
    Seven Third Assistants
    Ten Fourth Assistants
     Ten Assistants

d)    Pasay City:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Six Second Assistants
    Six Third Assistants
    Eight Fourth Assistants
    Eight Assistants

e)    Caloocan City:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Five Second Assistants
    Six Third Assistants
    Six Fourth Assistants
    Six Assistants

f)    Bacolod City: 
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Four Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants
    Six Fourth Assistants
    Eight Assistants

g)    City of Iloilo:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants
    Six Fourth Assistants
    Eight Assistants

h)    Dagupan:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Four Second Assistants
    Five Third Assistants
    Five Fourth Assistants
    Five Assistants

i)    City of Davao:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants
    Five Fourth Assistants
    Seven Assistants

j)    Cagayan de Oro:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Six Third Assistants
    Six Fourth Assistants

k)    Dumaguete; Legaspi:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Five Third Assistants
    Five Fourth Assistants

l)    Olongapo; Cabanatuan;. Lucena; Naga:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants
    Six Fourth Assistants

m)    Baguio; Zamboanga City; Tacloban: 
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants
    Four Fourth Assistants

n)    Roxas City:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants
    Four Fourth Assistants

o)    Angeles; Laoag; Batangas City; Iligan; Butuan; Tagbilaran:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants

p)    Puerto Princesa: Dipolog; Pagadian:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants

q)    San Pablo: 
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants

r)    Cavite City; General Santos; Ozamis, Surigao City; Iriga; Oroquieta:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Two Third Assistants

s)    Lipa; Mandaue; San Carlos (Neg); Marawi; Cotabato City:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants

t)    Calbayog; Lapu-Lapu; Silay; Ormoc; San Jose; San Carlos (Pang): Davao; Tagaytay:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    One Second Assistant

u)    Cadiz; Trece Martires; Gingoog; Toledo; Bago; La Carlota; Dapitan; Bais; Tangub; Canlaon; Palayan:
    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant

Section 3.    A new Section is hereby inserted after Section 13 to be dominated Section 13-A which shall read as follows:cralaw:red

"Sec. 13-A    Whenever there is an increase in the number of court salas, there shall be a corresponding increase in the number of assistant provincial/city fiscals' position at the ratio of two fiscals to a sala."

Section 4.    Such sum as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the period ending on December 31, 1978. Thereafter the said amount shall be added to the annual appropriation of the Ministry of Justice.  chanroblesvirtualawlibrary

Section 5.    This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.


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