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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4659 - AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY-EIGHT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ILOILO Section 1. The first paragraph of Section twelve of
Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred fifty-eight, as amended, is
further amended to read as follows: Sec. 2. Section twenty-one of the same Act, as
amended, is further amended by adding after the last subparagraph
thereof a new subparagraph (dd), to read as follows: Sec. 3. The first paragraph of Section twenty-three of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as
follows: Sec. 4. Section twenty-five of the same Act, as
amended, is further amended to read as follows: Sec. 5. The first paragraph of Section fifty-six
of the same Act, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: Sec. 6. Section sixty-four of the same Act, as
amended, is further amended to read as follows: Sec. 7. Article VIII and Section s sixty-five,
sixty-six and sixty-seven of the same Act, are amended to read as
follows: "ARTICLE VIII. — Police
Department. "Sec. 65. Powers and duties of chief of police. — There shall be a chief of police, who shall have charge of the police department, and everything pertaining thereto, including the organization, government, discipline and disposition of the city police and detective force; shall investigate, under the direction of the Mayor, any complaints filed against members of the police and report the result of his investigation to the Mayor, making whatever recommendations he may deem pertinent, for such action as said officer may consider necessary; shall quell riots, disorders, disturbances of the peace, and shall arrest and prosecute violators of any law or ordinance; shall exercise police supervision over all land and adjacent waters within the police jurisdiction of the city; shall be charged with the protection of the rights of person and property wherever found within the jurisdiction of the city, and shall arrest without warrant, when necessary to prevent the escape of the offender, violators of any law or ordinance, and all who obstruct or interfere with him in the discharge of his duty; shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all prisoners until they shall be released from custody, in accordance with law, or delivered to the warden of the proper prison; may take good and sufficient bail for the appearance before the city court of any person arrested for violation of any city ordinance: provided, however, that he shall not exercise this power in cases of violations of any penal law, except when the city fiscal shall so recommend and fix the bail to be required of the person arrested, shall have authority, within the police jurisdiction of the city, to serve and execute processes of any court; shall either in person or by deputy, attend all sessions of the city courts, and shall promptly and faithfully execute all orders of the Mayor, and all writs and processes of the city courts. "Sec. 66. Assistant chief of police. — There shall be an assistant chief of police whose duties shall be to act as chief of police in the absence or inability to act of the chief of police and to perform such other duties as may be imposed upon him by the chief of police or prescribed by law or ordinance. "The chief of police and the assistant chief of police shall be appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. "Sec. 67. Second assistant chief of police. — There shall be a second assistant chief of police who shall be chief of the secret service and shall have charge of the detective work of the department and of the detective force of the city, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the chief of police or prescribed by law or ordinance." Sec. 8. A new article to be known as Article
VIII-I is hereby inserted between Section s sixty-eight and sixty-nine
of the same Act to read as follows: "ARTICLE VIII-I. — Fire Department
"Sec. 69. Powers and duties of chief of fire department. — There shall be a chief of the fire department who shall have charge of the management and control of all matters relating to the administration of said department, and the organization, government, discipline and disposition of the fire force; shall have charge of fire-engine houses, fire-engines, hose carts, hooks and ladders, trucks and all other fire apparatus; shall have full police powers in the vicinity of fires, shall have authority to remove any building or other property whenever it shall become necessary to prevent the spreading of fire or to protect adjacent property; shall investigate and report to the Mayor upon the origin and cause of all fires occurring within the city; shall inspect all buildings erected or under construction or repair within the city and determine whether they provide sufficient protection against fire and comply with the ordinances relating thereto; shall have charge of the city telegraph, telephone and fire alarm service; shall supervise and regulate the stringing, grounding, and installation of wires for all electrical connections with a view to avoiding conflagrations, interference with public traffic or safety, or the necessary operations of the fire department; shall supervise and regulate the manufacture, storage, and use of petroleum, gas, acetylene, gunpowder, and other highly combustible matter and explosive; and shall see that all ordinances relating to these subjects or any of them, are enforced." Sec. 9. The following new section to be known as
Section eighty-one-A is hereby inserted between Section s eighty-one and
eighty-two of the same Act to read as follows: Approved: June 18, 1966 |
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