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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1277 - AN
ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THE REVISED
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO INCLUDE OTHER LAWYERS TO ASSIST THE
FISCALS |
Section 1.
Section one thousand six hundred eighty-six of the Revised
Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 1686.
Additional counsel to assist fiscal. � The Secretary of Justice may
appoint any lawyer in the government service, or a competent person but
not in the public service, temporarily to assist a fiscal or
prosecuting attorney in the discharge of his duties, and with the same
authority therein as might be exercised by the Solicitor General:
Provided, That if the person to be appointed in the public service is
outside the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice, such appointment
may only be made with the consent of the department head concerned."
"In addition to travel expenses, such appointee, if not in the government service, shall receive such compensation as shall be stipulated for, not exceeding thirty pesos per day for the time employed." Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 14, 1955 |
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