REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5125 - AN ACT
FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO,
PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL JUDGE FOR THE CITY COURT OF BAGUIO, MAKING
THE CLERK OF COURT OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO A CITY SHERIFF, AND
PRESCRIBING THE MANNER OF HIS APPOINTMENT
Section 1.
Section two thousand five hundred sixty-two of the
Revised Administrative Code, as amended, is further amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 2562. The city court. — There shall be a city
court for the City of Baguio for which three judges shall be appointed.
In case of absence, sickness or incapacity of any of the judges of the
city court, the Secretary of Justice may designate any assistant
attorney of the Department of Justice or provincial fiscal to act as
judge of the city court of the City of Baguio, with all the powers of
the regular judge of said court; but such acting judge shall not
receive any additional compensation during the time he is acting as
judge."
Sec. 2. Section two thousand five hundred sixty
two-c of the Revised Administrative Code is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2562-c. The Clerk of the City Court. — There
shall be a clerk of the city court, who shall have the same
qualifications as that of a clerk of court of a Court of First Instance
and who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with
the consent of the Commission on Appointments, but this provision on
the manner of appointment shall not apply to the present incumbent. He
shall also be the sheriff of the city and shall have the same powers
and duties as are now provided by law upon provincial and city sheriffs
but the exercise of such powers and duties shall be limited to service
of processes and other matters relating to cases pending before, or
decided by, the City Court of Baguio. As such sheriff he shall be
provided with at least two deputy sheriffs and other employees to be
paid by the city and their salaries fixed by ordinance. He shall have
the rank of an assistant department head of the city and shall receive,
payable from the funds of the city, the same rate of salary of the
highest paid assistant department head of the city as now fixed or may
hereafter be fixed by any law. The clerk of the city court shall keep
its seal and affix it to all orders, judgments, certificates, records
and other documents issued by the court. He shall record in a summary
manner the name of the defendant, the charge against him, the name of
the prosecuting witness, the date of the arrest, the appearance of the
defendant, the date of the trial, and the nature of the judgment,
together with the fines and costs adjudged or collected in accordance
with the judgment. He shall have the power to administer oaths. He
shall be an ex-officio notary public."
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Enacted without Executive
approval, June 17, 1967.
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