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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 212
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 212
- AMENDING PARAGRAPH ONE OF Section 1659 OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE
CODE, AS AMENDED
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WHEREAS, in
the event of a vacancy in the Office of, or in the absence of, the
Solicitor General, Section 1659 of the Revised Administrative Code, as
amended, now provides for a First Assistant Solicitor General to
temporarily perform the functions of the office and in the event of the
absence of the First Assistant Solicitor General, the Acting Solicitor
General is designated from among nine (9) Assistant Solicitors General
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WHEREAS, for the superior handling of litigation for the State, for the
efficient administration of the functions of the Office and in the
greater interest of the public service, it is necessary that discretion
and more flexibility should be exercised in the choice of a substitute
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, do hereby decree, order and make
as part of the law of the land the following amendment to the first
paragraph of Section 1659 of the Revised Administrative Code, as
amended:cralaw:red
"Sec. 1659. Chief Officials of the Office of the
Solicitor General. — The Office of the Solicitor General shall have one
chief to be known as the Solicitor General whose salary shall be the
same as that of a Justice of the Court of Appeals. He shall be assisted
by Ten (10) Assistant Solicitors General who shall have the same salary
as that of a Judge of the Court of First Instance. When the Solicitor
General is unable to perform his duties or in case of vacancy in the
Office, one of the ten (10) Assistant Solicitors General designated by
the Department Head shall temporarily perform the functions of said
Office..."
Done in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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