H. No. 706 / 43 OG No. 3, 820 (March, 1947)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 99, March 24, 1947 ]

AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Section sixteen hundred and seventy-four of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, is further amended so as to read as follows:

"Sec. 1674. Assistant provincial fiscals.—In the following provinces there shall be assistant provincial fiscals in such numbers and with much salaries- as are hereinafter provided:

"Bohol, two assistant provincial fiscals, two thousand eight hundred pesos and two thousand four hundred pesos respectively, per annum; "Cagayan, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum; "Cotabato, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum; "Ilocos Norte, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; "Ilocos Sur, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum; "Isabela, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum; "La Union, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand pesos per annum each; "Mountain Province, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum; "Pangasinan, three assistant provincial fiscals, one at two thousand eight hundred pesos, and two at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; "Nueva Ecija, four assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos and two thousand four hundred pesos, respectively, and the last two at two thousand pesos per annum each; "Pampanga, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos and two thousand four hundred pesos, respectively, per annum; "Bulacan, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos and two thousand four hundred pesos, respectively, per annum; "Tarlac, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; "Albay, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; "Oriental Negros, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; "Rizal, three assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos, two thousand four hundred pesos, and two thousand pesos, respectively, per annum; "Samar, three assistant provincial fiscals, two at two thousand four hundred pesos each, and one at two thousand pesos per annum;"Laguna, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos and two thousand pesos, respectively, per annum; "Lanao, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum; "Batangas, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; "Cavite, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum; "Quezon, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos and two thousand four hundred pesos, respectively, per annum; "Mindoro, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum; "Sorsogon, one assistant-provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum;"Antique, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum; "Capiz, two assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand pesos per annum each; "Iloilo, three assistant provincial fiscals at two thousand eight hundred pesos, two thousand four hundred pesos, and two thousand pesos, respectively, per annum; "Occidental Negros, four assistant provincial fiscals, one at two thousand eight hundred pesos, two at two thousand four hundred pesos each, and one at two thousand pesos per annum;"Leyte, four assistant provincial fiscals, one at two thousand eight hundred pesos, two at two thousand four hundred pesos each, and the last one at two thousand pesos per annum; "Cebu, five assistant provincial fiscals at three thousand pesos, and two thousand eight hundred pesos, respectively, and the last three at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each;"Oriental Misamis, one assistant provincial fiscal at two .thousand pesos per annum; "Occidental Misamis, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum; "Surigao, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum; "Camarines Sur, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum;"Zamboanga, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum; and"Sulu, one assistant provincial fiscal at two thousand pesos per annum.

"These officers shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the Congress of the Philippines, and their salaries shall be paid by the provinces concerned. The salary of the assistant provincial fiscal shall be included in the annual appropriation of the province in the same manner as the salary of the provincial fiscal.  To be eligible for appointment to this position, a person must be a citizen of the Philippines who has been duly admitted to practice in the court of said islands, and has been in actual practice for at least three years, prior to his appointment.

"SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, March 24, 1947.

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