An Act to Designate the Provincial Fiscals of Provinces whose Capitals have been Converted into Cities, City Attorneys Ex Officio Thereof, with Additional Compensation, and to Provide tor the Appointment of Assistant City Attorneys Thereat
Commonwealth Act No. 409, approved on September 14, 1938, designates the provincial fiscal of provinces with city capitals as the city attorney ex officio, granting them an additional annual compensation of one thousand pesos from city funds. It also allows for the appointment of up to three assistant city attorneys, whose salaries are set at three thousand, two thousand eight hundred, and two thousand four hundred pesos per annum, respectively. The President of the Philippines is responsible for appointing these assistant city attorneys with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly. The Act took effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Commonwealth Act No. 409
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Commonwealth Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 14, 1938
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 409
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE PROVINCIAL FISCALS OF PROVINCES WHOSE CAPITALS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CITIES, CITY ATTORNEYS EX OFFICIO THEREOF, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS THEREAT
SECTION 1. The provisions of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the provincial fiscal of the respective province to which the several chartered cities organized under the laws in force belonged prior to their incorporation as cities shall be, ex officio, the city attorney for the city which is the capital of the province for which he has been appointed, with an additional compensation, to be paid out of the city funds, in the sum of one thousand pesos per annum. In each such chartered city, there shall be as many assistant city attorneys, not exceeding three, as may be determined by the President of the Philippines, due consideration to be given to the amount of business thereat. The assistant city attorneys shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, and shall receive compensation in accordance with the following scale: (a) the first assistant city attorney shall receive three thousand pesos per annum; (b) the second assistant city attorney shall receive two thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; and (c) the third assistant city attorney shall receive two thousand four hundred pesos per annum. aCcSDT
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, September 14, 1938.
Cite This Law
An Act to Designate the Provincial Fiscals of Provinces whose Capitals have been Converted into Cities, City Attorneys Ex Officio Thereof, with Additional Compensation, and to Provide tor the Appointment of Assistant City Attorneys Thereat, Commonwealth Act No. 409, Sep 14, 1938 (Philippines)
An Act to Designate the Provincial Fiscals of Provinces whose Capitals have been Converted into Cities, City Attorneys Ex Officio Thereof, with Additional Compensation, and to Provide tor the Appointment of Assistant City Attorneys Thereat, Commonwealth Act No. 409 (Phil. 1938)
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