WHEREAS,
the Constitutions vests in the Supreme Court administrative supervision
of all courts and the personnel thereof; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court, being an appellate and collegiate body, can
best exercise its powers of administrative supervision through an
office specifically created for the purpose, and has accordingly
proposed and recommended the creation of the Office of the Court
Administrator;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Creation of the Office of the Court
Administrator. — There is hereby created in the Supreme Court of the
Philippines an Office of the Court Administrator to assist the said
Court in the exercise of its power of administrative supervision over
all courts as provided in Section 6, Article X, of the Constitution.
Section 2. Officials of the Office of the Court
Administrator. — The Chief of the Office of the Court Administrator
shall be known as the Court Administrator, who shall have the same
rank, privileges, and compensation as those of the Presiding Justice of
the Court of Appeals. The Court Administrator shall be assisted by
Three (3) Deputy Court Administrators, who shall have the same rank,
privileges and compensation as those of Associate Justices of the Court
of Appeals. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 3. Qualifications, appointment and tenure. —
The Court Administrator and the Deputy Court Administrators shall have
the same qualifications as Justices of the Court of Appeals. They shall
be appointed by the Chief Justice and shall serve until they reach the
age of sixty-five (65) years or become incapacitated to discharge the
duties of their office, but may be removed or relieved for just cause
by a vote of not less than eight (8) Justices of the Supreme Court. The
Chief Justice may appoint or detail any member of the Judiciary with
the proper qualifications to the positions of Court Administrator or
Deputy Court Administrator; Provided, that the member of the Judiciary
so appointed, designated or detailed shall not be deemed thereby to
have relinquished his judicial position, nor lose the seniority,
precedence, benefits and other privileges appertaining thereto; and his
service in the Judiciary, to all intents and purposes, shall be
considered as continuous and uninterrupted.
Section 4. Oath of Office. — The Oath of Office of
the Court Administrator and Deputy Court Administrators shall be filed
with the Office of the Clerk of Court of the Supreme Court and shall be
entered upon its records.
Section 5. Salaries. — The salaries of the Court
Administrator and Deputy Court Administrators shall not be decreased
during their continuance in office. Until otherwise provided by law,
the salary of the Court Administrator shall be P56,400.00 and that each
Deputy Court Administrator, P52,400.00. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 6. Powers, Functions and Responsibilities. —
The Supreme Court shall determine and define the powers, functions and
responsibilities of the Court Administrator and Deputy Court
Administrators.
Section 7. The Chief Justice shall create such
offices, services, divisions and other units in the offices of the
Court Administrator, as he may deem necessary, and for this purpose,
the Chief Justice is authorized to adopt and implement the
corresponding staffing patterns; Provided, however, that the position
titles and salaries of personnel shall be in accordance with the
Judiciary Position Classification and Pay Plans.
Section 8. Status of Subordinate Personnel. — All
subordinate officials and employees to be appointed under this Decree
shall belong to the classified service and shall be governed by the
Civil Service Law, except those whose positions are highly technical or
primarily confidential.
Section 9. The sum of P2,000,000.00 or so much
thereof as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree is
hereby appropriated for expenditure. The appropriations for the
succeeding fiscal years shall be included in the Annual General
Appropriations Decree.
Section 10. All laws, decrees and orders inconsistent
with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed and/or modified
accordingly.
Section 11. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-five.
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