Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Additional Counsel to Assist Fiscal
Republic Act No. 1277, enacted on June 14, 1955, amends Section 1686 of the Revised Administrative Code to allow the Secretary of Justice to appoint additional legal counsel to assist fiscal or prosecuting attorneys. This can include government lawyers or qualified individuals from outside the public service, provided that appointments outside the Department of Justice receive consent from the relevant department head. Appointees not in government service are entitled to compensation up to thirty pesos per day in addition to travel expenses. The Act became effective upon approval and was published in the Official Gazette in July 1955.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 1277
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 14, 1955
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: acd
"SEC. 1686. Additional counsel to assist fiscal. — The Secretary of Justice may appoint any lawyer in the government service, or a competent person 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." cd
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 14, 1955
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 51, No. 7, p. 3350 in July 1955
Cite This Law
Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Additional Counsel to Assist Fiscal, Republic Act No. 1277, Jun 14, 1955 (Philippines)
Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Additional Counsel to Assist Fiscal, Republic Act No. 1277 (Phil. 1955)
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