REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6401 - AN ACT
AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-FOUR HUNDRED
SEVENTY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PAGADIAN
Section 1.
Section eleven of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four hundred
seventy-eight is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 11. General qualifications of elective
officers. — In addition to any special qualifications prescribed by
this Charter, all elective officers of the city shall be qualified and
registered electors of the city, at least twenty-five years old and
must have resided in the city for at least one year prior to his
election and shall hold no other public office except that of notary
public or membership in the Armed Forces Reserve nor any other
employment with the city or the National Government or any province or
municipality."
Sec. 2. Subsection (n) of Section twenty-one of
the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(n) To allow, if public interest and safety so
require, the assistance of the Philippine Constabulary and other police
agencies of the National Government in maintaining peace and order in
the city.
Sec. 3. Section thirty-seven of the same Act is
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 37. Peace Officers — Their powers and duties. —
The mayor, the chief of police, the deputy chief of police, the chief
of the secret service, and all other officers and members of the city
police and detective forces shall be peace officers. Such peace
officers are authorized to serve and execute all processes of the city
court and criminal processes of all other courts to whomsoever directed
within the jurisdictional limits of the city or within the police
limits as hereinbefore defined; within the same territory, to pursue
and arrest without warrant, any person found in suspicious places or
under suspicious circumstances reasonably tending to show that such
person has committed, or is about to commit, a crime or breach of
peace; to arrest or cause to be arrested, without warrant, any offender
when the offense is committed in the presence of a peace officer or
within his view; and in such pursuit or arrest, to enter any building,
boat or vessel or take into custody any person therein suspected of
having committed theft; and to exercise such other powers and perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. They shall
detain an arrested person only in accordance with the provisions of
existing laws relative to such detention. Whenever the mayor shall deem
it necessary to avert danger or to protect life and property, in case
of riot, disturbance, or public calamity, or when he has reason to fear
any serious violation of law and order, he may request the assistance
of the Philippine Constabulary or other members of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines and/or other police agencies."
Sec. 4. Section one hundred and three of the same
Act is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 103. Ownership of existing waterworks in the
city. — Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all
existing public waterworks within the city shall be owned by the city,
and revenues therefrom shall accrue to the general fund of the city.”
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: October 4, 1971
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