REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3942 - AN ACT TO
FURTHER AMEND Sec. FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ILOILO, BY
MAKING THE CLERK OF COURT OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT AT THE SAME TIME THE
SHERIFF OF THE CITY OF ILOILO AND INCREASING THE COMPENSATION OF SAID
CLERK OF COURT
Section 1. Section fifty-eight of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred fifty-eight,
otherwise known as the Charter of the City of Iloilo, as amended, is
further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 58. Clerk and employees of Municipal Court —
Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs. — There shall be a clerk of the Municipal
court shall be appointed by the Secretary of Justice and shall receive
a yearly salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred fifteen, the clerk
shall at the time be sheriff of the city and shall as such have the
same powers and duties as assigned by existing law to provincial
sheriff: Provided, however, That the newspaper or newspapers in which
notices of sales at auction of real property or other notices are to be
published shall be designated by the interested party. There shall be
one deputy clerk of the municipal court, three deputy sheriffs and
other clerks of the municipal court who shall be appointed by the
municipal judge and whose salaries shall be fixed by the Municipal
Board.
"The clerk of the municipal court shall keep its seal and affix it to
all orders, judgments, certificates, records and other documents issued
by the court. He shall keep a docket of the trials in the court, in
which he shall record in any summary manner the names of the parties
and the various proceedings in civil cases, and in criminal cases, the
name of the defendant, the charge against him, the names of the
witnesses, the date of the trial, and the nature of the judgment,
together with the fines and cost adjudged or collected in accordance
with the judgment. He shall have the power to administer oaths."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 18, 1964
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