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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2068 - AN ACT
INCREASING THE NUMBER AND THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS OF THE
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION
SIXTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY
REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE |
Section 1.
Section sixteen hundred fifty-nine of the Administrative Code, as
amended by Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred forth-five, is further
amended to read as follows: "Section 1659.
Chief Officials of Office of the Solicitor General. � The Office of the
Solicitor General shall have one chief to be known as the Solicitor
General whose salary shall be twelve thousand pesos per annum and shall
have the rank of an Undersecretary of a Department. He shall be
assisted by one First Assistant Solicitor General whose salary shall be
eleven thousand pesos per annum. When the Solicitor General is unable
to perform his duties or in case of a vacancy in the office, the First
Assistant Solicitor General shall temporarily perform the functions of
said officer, or in his absence, the next Assistant Solicitor General
who is senior in the service. There shall also be five Assistant
Solicitors General each of whom shall receive a salary of ten thousand
pesos per annum, and thirty-six Solicitors whose salaries shall be as
follows:
"(a) Six
Solicitors, nine thousand pesos per annum each;
"(b) Six Solicitors, eight thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; "(c) Six Solicitors, seven thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each; "(d) Six Solicitors, seven thousand two hundred pesos per annum each; "(e) Six
Solicitors, six thousand six hundred pesos per annum each;
"(f) Six Solicitors, six thousand pesos per annum each; "The qualifications for appointment to the position of Solicitor General, the First Assistant Solicitor General and the Assistant Solicitor General shall be the same as those prescribed for Judges of Courts of First Instance, and those of Solicitors shall be the same as those prescribed for provincial fiscals, except those for Solicitors mentioned in paragraphs (e), and (f) of this section which must be actual practice of law for at least three years or having occupied a position requiring a lawyer's diploma for the same period." Sec. 2. To carry out the provisions of this Act, and in addition to such sums as may have been provided in the current Appropriation Act, there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.cralaw
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 13, 1958 |
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