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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1198 - AN
ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF STATE ATTORNEYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATIONS
OF FUNDS THEREFOR |
Section 1. There
shall be in the Department of Justice an Office of State Attorneys
composed of one chief, two assistant chiefs and sixteen state attorneys
whose term of office shall expire on the thirty-first day of December,
nineteen hundred and fifty-seven. The Chief of the Office shall receive
a salary of twelve thousand per annum, and shall have the rant of
Solicitor General. He shall be assisted by two Assistant Chief
Attorneys who shall each receive a salary of nine thousand pesos per
annum and sixteen State Attorneys who shall each receive a salary of
eight thousand pesos per annum.cralaw The Chief and Assistant Chiefs of the Office of State Attorneys and the sixteen State Attorneys shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the concurrence of the Commission on Appointments.cralaw No one shall be appointed as Chief or Assistant Chief of the office of State Attorneys unless he has had at least ten years of trial court practice, and as State Attorney unless he has had at least five years of trial court practice in the Philippines; and appointment may take into account equitable representation of provinces in the Office, consideration for this purpose of the representation the provinces now already have in the offices of the provincial fiscals. Sec. 2. The Chief and Assistant Chiefs of the
Office of State Attorneys and the State Attorneys shall have the same
powers as the provincial or city fiscal as provided for by law:
Provided, That the State Attorney shall only assist or collaborate with
the provincial fiscal or city attorney unless otherwise expressly
directed and authorized by the Secretary of Justice.cralaw Sec. 3. The Office of the State Attorneys shall be provided with such subordinate personnel as may be authorized by the appropriation law. Sec. 4. Upon the organization of the Office of State Attorneys, the Prosecution Division in the Department of Justice shall be deemed abolished and its properties, furnitures, equipment and records shall be transferred to the Office of State Attorneys.cralaw Sec. 5. There is hereby authorized by the appropriated, out of any funds of the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred thousand pesos for the salaries of the State Attorneys and their personnel and maintenance of the Office.cralaw
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: August 28, 1954 |