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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1600
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1600 -
INCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF
THE SUPREME COURT
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WHEREAS,
the salaries of the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court as fixed in the Constitution at P75,000 and P60,000 each,
respectively, are not commensurate with the volume of judicial cases
and in the complexity and importance of the responsibility
involved; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the policy of Government is to provide a salary scheme
commensurate with the responsibilities pertaining to, and
qualifications required for, the positions concerned.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order:cralaw:red
Section 1. The salaries of the Chief Justice and
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court are hereby fixed at P90,000 per
annum for the Chief Justice and P75,000 per annum each for the
Associate Justices. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. There is hereby appropriated out of any
funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as
may be necessary to pay the salary increases provided for in Section 1
hereof.
Section 3. 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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