Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended)
Act No. 3580, enacted on November 27, 1929, amends Section 1673 of the Revised Administrative Code concerning the office of the provincial fiscal in the Philippines. The amendment stipulates that a provincial fiscal must be a citizen of the U.S. or the Philippine Islands, with at least four years of private practice and proficiency in either Spanish or English. It also establishes a mandatory retirement age of sixty for provincial fiscal positions, requiring those over this age to vacate their offices by December 31, 1930. Additionally, the act clarifies that salaries and expenses related to the office will be covered by the respective provinces, and appointments for support staff will follow the same procedures as other provincial offices.
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- What is Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended) about?
- Act No. 3580, enacted on November 27, 1929, amends Section 1673 of the Revised Administrative Code concerning the office of the provincial fiscal in the Philippines. The amendment stipulates that a provincial fiscal must be a citizen of the U.S. or the Philippine Islands, with at least four years of private practice and proficiency in either Spanish or English. It also establishes a mandatory retirement age of sixty for provincial fiscal positions, requiring those over this age to vacate their offices by December 31, 1930. Additionally, the act clarifies that salaries and expenses related to the office will be covered by the respective provinces, and appointments for support staff will follow the same procedures as other provincial offices.
- What type of law is Act No. 3580?
- Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended) (Act No. 3580) 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. 3580) was enacted on Nov 27, 1929.
- 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. 3580, Nov 27, 1929 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3580
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 27, 1929
ACT NO. 3580
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
SECTION 1. Section one thousand six hundred and seventy-three of Act Numbered Two thousand seven hundred and eleven, commonly known as Revised Administrative Code, is hereby amended so as 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 practice in the courts of said Islands, and has been in actual private practice for at least four years prior to his appointment. 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, 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, assistant city fiscal of Manila, provincial fiscal, or deputy fiscal over sixty years of age shall vacate his office. EacHCD
"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 27, 1929.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended), Act No. 3580, Nov 27, 1929 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 1673 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code, as Amended), Act No. 3580 (Phil. 1929)
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