H. No. 10761 / 63 OG No. 5, 1055 (January 30, 1967)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4587, June 19, 1965 ]

AN ACT CREATING THE POSITIONS OF ASSISTANT CITY FISCALS IN THE CITY OF GINGOOG, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GINGOOG.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. Section twenty-four of Republic Act Num­bered Twenty-six hundred sixty-eight, otherwise known as the Charter of the City of Gingoog, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 24. The City Fiscal and assistant city fiscals—their powers, duties and compensation.—The City Fiscal who shall discharge his duties under the general supervision of the Secretary of Justice shall be the chief legal adviser of the city, and in the performance and discharge of his duties, he shall be assisted by two assistant city fiscals, namely, the first assistant city fiscal and second assistant city fiscal. The compensation of the city fiscal, the first and second assistant city fiscals shall be that provided by law for officials of the same rank and performing the same functions."

SEC. 2. The incumbent special counsels in the City of Gingoog, should there be any, shall automatically fill the positions of the two assistant city fiscals provided for in this Act in accordance with their seniority, without need of any new appointment.SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the first day of January, nineteen hundred sixty-six.Approved, June 19, 1965.

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