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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1725
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1725
- INCREASING THE NUMBER OF LAWYERS OF THE CITIZENS LEGAL ASSISTANCE
OFFICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS,
the Citizens Legal Assistance Office, as the law office of the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines for indigent and
low-income persons, performs a vital role in the implementation of the
legald program of the State, in upholding the rule of law, in the
protection and safeguarding of the constitutional and statutory rights
of the citizenry, and in the efficient and speedy administration of
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WHEREAS, the Citizens Legal Assistance Office is presently organized
into 96 Regional and District Offices situated in different centers
throughout the country, and is handling for indigents more than 50,000
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WHEREAS, there is still a large segment of our indigent population,
specially those living in the remote areas, who cannot avail of the
services of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office because of the
distance of its offices from their respective residences, and the lack
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WHEREAS, there is a need to extend the services of the Citizens Legal
Assistance Office to all indigent citizens to make our constitutional
guarantees a living reality for them.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me under the Constitution, hereby
order and decree as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. The Citizens Legal Assistance Office shall
establish a District Office in every city or municipality where a
branch of the Court of First Instance is located. In accomplishing this
objective, there shall be created positions of Supervising Citizens
attorneys, Senior Citizens attorneys, District Citizens attorneys,
Citizens attorneys, Senior Stenographers, and Clerks, in such number as
may be necessary and as may be determined under pertinent organization
law.
Section 2. The compensation of the positions created
under this Decree shall be determined pursuant to P.D. No. 985 and
1726.
Section 3. To carry out the provisions of this
Decree, the sum of seven million two hundred thousand pesos
(P7,200,000) is hereby authorized to be released out of the Special
Activities Fund to cover costs incurred in 1980 and 1981.
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty.
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