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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2642 - AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED
SIXTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TACLOBAN |
Section 1.
Section twenty-two of Republic Act Numbered Seven hundred sixty,
otherwise known as the Charter of the City of Tacloban, is amended to
read as follows: "Sec. 22.
The City Fiscal and Assistant City Fiscals — Powers and duties of the
fiscal. — The Law Department of the city shall consist of a city fiscal
and three assistant city fiscals who shall discharge their duties under
the general supervision of the Secretary of Justice. The city fiscal
and assistant city fiscals shall receive the salaries provided by
existing laws. "(c) He shall,
when requested, attend meetings of the Board, draw ordinances,
contracts, bonds, leases, and other instruments involving any interest
of the city, and inspect and pass upon any such instruments already
drawn. "(f) He shall
cause to be investigated all charges of crimes, misdemeanors, and
violations of laws and city ordinances and have the necessary
informations or complaints prepared or made against the accused. He or
any of his assistants may conduct such investigations by taking oral
evidence of reputed witnesses, and for this purpose may, by subpoena or
subpoena duces tecum, summon witnesses to appear and testify under oath
before him, and the attendance of, or the production of documents and
other evidence by, an absent or recalcitrant witness may be enforced by
application to the municipal courts or to the Courts of First Instance.
No witness summoned to testify under this section shall be under
obligation to give any testimony tending to incriminate
himself. "(h) He shall
also cause to be investigated the causes of sudden deaths which have
not been satisfactorily explained and when there is suspicion that the
cause arose from unlawful acts or omissions of other persons or from
foul play. For that purpose he may cause autopsies to be made in case
it is deemed necessary and shall be entitled to demand and receive for
the purpose of such investigations or autopsies thed of the city health
officer or the resident physician of the Leyte Provincial Hospital. Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 18, 1960 |
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