WHEREAS,
litigation and other legal work handled by the Office of the Solicitor
General have increased in volume, complexity and significance; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, salary adjustments for personnel are necessary to maximize
efficiency, to improve the quality of its personnel, and to maintain
the effectiveness of the Office of the Solicitor General as the law
office of the Government;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of
the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the
Constitution, do hereby order and decree that:cralaw:red
Section 1. The provisions of existing laws to the
contrary notwithstanding, the number of positions and the annual
salaries of Solicitors and Trial Attorneys are hereby fixed as
follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Positions Salaries
Six (6) Solicitors P28,000.00
Six (6) Solicitors 26,500.00
Six (6) Solicitors 25,000.00
Six (6) Solicitors 23,500.00
Five (5) Solicitors 22,300.00
Three (3) Solicitors 21,200.00
Three (3) Solicitors 20,000.00
Three (3) Solicitors 18,800.00
Four (4) Solicitors 17,600.00
Three (3) Trial Attorneys 14,000.00
Three (3) Trial Attorneys 12,500.00
Three (3) Trial Attorneys 11,000.00
Three (3) Trial Attorneys 10,800.00
Three (3) Trial Attorneys 9,600.00
Two (2) Trial Attorneys 8,400.00
Section 2. The Office of the Solicitor General shall
be exempt from the coverage and the classification and compensation
plans of the Wage and Position Classification Office (WAPCO). The
salaries of members of its Administrative Staff are hereby restored to
the same amounts provided under Republic Act No. 6458. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. 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 and thereafter the funds needed to implement the provisions of
this Decree shall be in the annual Appropriation Act.
Section 4. The salary increases herein provided shall
take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-five.
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