Section 1.
Section sixteen hundred seventy-four of the Administrative Code, as
amended by Republic Act Numbered Seventeen hundred ninety-nine, is
further amended to read as follows:
"Section 1674.
Assistant Provincial Fiscals. — In the following provinces there shall
be assistant provincial fiscals in such members as are hereinafter
provided:
"Abra, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Agusan, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Aklan, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Albay, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Antique, one assistant
provincial fiscal;
"Bataan, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Batangas, five assistant provincial fiscals;
"Bohol, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Bukidnon, one assistant provincial fiscals;
"Bulacan, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Cagayan, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Camarines Norte, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Camarines Sur, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Capiz, three assistant
provincial fiscals;
"Catanduanes, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Cavite, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Cebu, nine assistant provincial fiscals;
"Cotabato, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Davao, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Ilocos Norte, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Ilocos Sur, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Iloilo, eight assistant provincial fiscals;
"Isabela, three assistant
provincial fiscals;
"Laguna, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Lanao, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"La Union, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Leyte, eight assistant provincial fiscals;
"Marinduque, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Masbate, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Mountain Province, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Nueva Ecija, six assistant provincial fiscals;
"Nueva Vizcaya, three assistant
provincial fiscals;
"Occidental Mindoro, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Oriental Mindoro, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Occidental Misamis, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Oriental Misamis, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Occidental Negros, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Oriental Negros, four assistant provincial fiscals;
Provided, That one assistant fiscal shall be assigned to the
Subprovince of Siquijor with station at Larena;
"Palawan, one assistant
provincial fiscal;
"Pampanga, six assistant provincial fiscals;
"Pangasinan, nine assistant provincial fiscals;
"Quezon, five assistant provincial fiscals;
"Rizal, nine assistant provincial fiscals;
"Romblon, one assistant provincial fiscals;
"Samar, six assistant provincial fiscals;
"Sorsogon, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Sulu, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Surigao, two assistant
provincial fiscals;
"Tarlac, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Zambales, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Zamboanga del Norte, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Zamboanga del Sur, two assistant provincial fiscals;
Assistant provincial fiscals shall receive such salaries as hereinafter
provided:
"(A) In first class provinces A and B, the first
assistant provincial fiscal, six thousand pesos per annum, the second
assistant provincial fiscal, four thousand eight hundred pesos per
annum, and the other assistant provincial fiscals; four thousand two
hundred pesos each, per annum;
"(B) In first,
class provinces, the first assistant provincial fiscal, four thousand
eight hundred pesos per annum, the other assistant provincial fiscals,
four thousand two hundred pesos each per annum;
"(C) In second, third, fourth, and fifth class
provinces, four thousand two hundred pesos each, per annum;
These officers shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines
with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the Congress of
the Philippines, and their salaries shall be paid by the provinces
concerned. The salary of the assistant provincial fiscal shall be
included in the annual appropriations of the province in the same
manner as the salary of the provincial fiscal. To be eligible for
appointment to this position, a person must be a citizen of the
Philippines who has been duly admitted to practice law in the Court of
said Islands, and has been in actual practice for at least five years,
prior to his appointment: Provided, however, That incumbent assistant
provincial fiscals whose appointments have been duly acted upon and
approved by the Commission on Appointments of the Congress of the
Philippines prior to the approval of this Act, shall be deemed
reappointed and their appointments confirmed and, therefore, entitled
to the benefits of this Act."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw
Enacted without executive
approval, April 14, 1959.
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