REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4261 - AN ACT
INCREASING THE SALARY OF THE CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE CITY
OF COTABATO, BY AMENDING SECTION SEVENTY-SEVEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED
TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR
Section 1. Section seventy-seven of Republic Act Numbered
Twenty-three hundred sixty-four is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 77. Clerk and employees of the municipal court.
— There shall be a clerk of the municipal court who shall be appointed
by the municipal judge in accordance with Civil Service Law, rules and
regulations, and who shall receive compensation, to be fixed by
ordinance approved by the Secretary of Justice, at not exceeding five
thousand one hundred pesos per annum. He shall keep the seal of the
court and affix it to all orders, judgments, certificates, records, and
the other documents issued by the court. He shall keep a docket of the
trials in the court, in which he shall record in a 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 arrest, the appearance of the
defendant, together with the fines and costs adjudged or collected in
accordance with the judgment. He shall have the power to administer
oath. The clerk of the municipal court shall at the same time be
sheriff of the city and shall as such have the same powers and duties
conferred by existing law to provincial sheriffs. The municipal board
may provide for such number of clerks in the office of the clerk of the
municipal court as the needs of the service may demand.”
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 19, 1965
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