REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4728 - AN ACT TO
AMEND SECTIONS SIXTY-ONE AND SIXTY-TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO
HUNDRED NINETY-SIX, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE JUDICIARY ACT
OF 1948" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (RE: CLERKS AND OTHER SUBORDINATE
EMPLOYEES OF THE COURT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF MANILA)
Section 1. Section s sixty-one and sixty-two of Republic Act
Numbered Two hundred ninety-six, as amended, are hereby further amended
to read as follows:
"Sec. 61. Authority of Court of First Instance of the
Sixth Judicial District over administration of its own affairs. — The
Court of First Instance of the Sixth Judicial District shall have the
administrative control of all matters affecting the internal operations
of the twenty-five branches of the court. This administrative control
shall be exercised by the court itself through the clerk of court, or
in his absence or incapacity, the assistant clerk of court. In
administrative matters, the clerk of court shall be under the direction
of the court itself. The personnel of the office of the clerk of court
of the Court of First Instance of the Sixth Judicial District shall
consist of the clerk of court, the assistant clerk of court, the
twenty-five branch clerks of court, the special clerk of court and such
deputy clerks, officers and employees as may be provided by law. The
subordinate employees of said office shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Justice upon recommendation of the Chief of the Office,
the clerk of Court. The said clerk of Court and all the employees of
his office shall belong, for all purposes, to the Court of First
Instance of the Sixth Judicial District."
"Sec. 62. Appointment and qualifications of clerks. —
The clerk of Court, the assistant clerk of Court, the twenty-five
branch clerks of Court and the special clerk of Court of the Sixth
Judicial District shall be appointed by the President of the
Philippines upon recommendation of the Secretary of Justice, with the
consent of the Commission on Appointments. No person shall be eligible
for appointment to any of these positions unless he is duly authorized
to practice law in the Philippines: provided, however, that this
requirement shall not affect persons who, at the date of the approval
of this Act, are holding the position of clerk of court, assistant
clerk of court, branch clerk of court or deputy clerk of court assigned
to a branch and performing the work of a branch clerk of court, or
special clerk of court: provided, further, that the present clerk of
court, the assistant clerk of court, the twenty-five branch clerks of
court assigned to the twenty-five branches thereof, and the special
clerk of court shall continue as such in office without the necessity
of reappointment. The clerk of court shall receive an annual salary of
thirteen thousand two hundred pesos, the assistant clerk of court shall
receive an annual salary of ten thousand eight hundred pesos, the
branch clerks of court and the special clerk of court shall each
receive an annual salary of nine thousand six hundred pesos."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 18, 1966
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