Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended)
Act No. 3756, approved on November 26, 1930, amends Section 1673 of the 1917 Administrative Code concerning the qualifications and regulations for the office of provincial fiscal in the Philippines. To be appointed, candidates must be citizens of the U.S. or the Philippines, with at least four years of legal practice or relevant legal experience. Additionally, they must be proficient in both Spanish and English. The act stipulates a retirement age of sixty for provincial fiscal positions, mandating that those over this age vacate their offices by December 31, 1930. The provincial government is responsible for the fiscal's salary and related office expenses, while subordinate staff appointments and salaries follow standard provincial procedures.
Quick Answers
- What is Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended) about?
- Act No. 3756, approved on November 26, 1930, amends Section 1673 of the 1917 Administrative Code concerning the qualifications and regulations for the office of provincial fiscal in the Philippines. To be appointed, candidates must be citizens of the U.S. or the Philippines, with at least four years of legal practice or relevant legal experience. Additionally, they must be proficient in both Spanish and English. The act stipulates a retirement age of sixty for provincial fiscal positions, mandating that those over this age vacate their offices by December 31, 1930. The provincial government is responsible for the fiscal's salary and related office expenses, while subordinate staff appointments and salaries follow standard provincial procedures.
- What type of law is Act No. 3756?
- Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended) (Act No. 3756) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended) enacted?
- Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended) (Act No. 3756) was enacted on Nov 26, 1930.
- What is the citation for Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended)?
- Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended), Act No. 3756, Nov 26, 1930 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3756
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 26, 1930
ACT NO. 3756
AN ACT FURTHER TO AMEND SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN
SECTION 1. Section sixteen hundred and seventy-three of the Administrative Code of nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended by Act Numbered Thirty-five hundred and eighty, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 1673. Office of provincial fiscal. — Except as otherwise provided there shall be a provincial fiscal for each province. To be eligible for appointment to this position a person shall be a citizen of the United States or of the Philippine Islands who has been duly admitted to practise in the courts of said Islands, and has been in actual practice for at least four years prior to his appointment, or has held during a like period, within the Philippine Islands or within the United States, the office of clerk of court, law clerk in a Bureau of the Insular Government, or an office requiring the services of a lawyer. He must be able to speak and write the Spanish language or the English language and, being conversant with one, he shall have at least a fair knowledge of the other. No person shall hold the office of city fiscal, or assistant city fiscal of Manila, provincial fiscal, or deputy fiscal after he attains the age of sixty years; and after the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty, any city fiscal or assistant city fiscal of Manila, provincial fiscal, or deputy fiscal over sixty years of age shall vacate his office.
"The salary of the provincial fiscal and all other expenses incident to the maintenance of his office shall be paid by the province or provinces to which the service rendered pertains.
"Clerks, interpreters, and other subordinates in the office of the provincial fiscal shall be appointed and their salaries fixed in the same manner as in the case of employees in other provincial offices."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, November 26, 1930.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended), Act No. 3756, Nov 26, 1930 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended), Act No. 3756 (Phil. 1930)
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