Increased Maximum Compensation Limit for Clerk of Municipal Court of Tacloban City
Republic Act No. 3072, enacted on June 17, 1961, amends Section 77 of the Tacloban City Charter to increase the maximum compensation for the Clerk of the Municipal Court. The clerk, appointed by the municipal judge, is entitled to a minimum annual salary of 2,400 pesos, as determined by municipal ordinance and approved by the Secretary of Justice. Responsibilities include maintaining court records, administering oaths, and serving as the city's sheriff with corresponding powers. The law allows the municipal board to appoint additional clerks as needed. This amendment took effect upon its approval.
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- What is Increased Maximum Compensation Limit for Clerk of Municipal Court of Tacloban City about?
- Republic Act No. 3072, enacted on June 17, 1961, amends Section 77 of the Tacloban City Charter to increase the maximum compensation for the Clerk of the Municipal Court. The clerk, appointed by the municipal judge, is entitled to a minimum annual salary of 2,400 pesos, as determined by municipal ordinance and approved by the Secretary of Justice. Responsibilities include maintaining court records, administering oaths, and serving as the city's sheriff with corresponding powers. The law allows the municipal board to appoint additional clerks as needed. This amendment took effect upon its approval.
- What type of law is Republic Act No. 3072?
- Increased Maximum Compensation Limit for Clerk of Municipal Court of Tacloban City (Republic Act No. 3072) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Increased Maximum Compensation Limit for Clerk of Municipal Court of Tacloban City enacted?
- Increased Maximum Compensation Limit for Clerk of Municipal Court of Tacloban City (Republic Act No. 3072) was enacted on Jun 17, 1961.
- What is the citation for Increased Maximum Compensation Limit for Clerk of Municipal Court of Tacloban City?
- Increased Maximum Compensation Limit for Clerk of Municipal Court of Tacloban City, Republic Act No. 3072, Jun 17, 1961 (Philippines)
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- Republic Act No. 3072
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- Statutes
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- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 17, 1961
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3072
AN ACT INCREASING THE MAXIMUM LIMIT OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF TACLOBAN, BY AMENDING FURTHER FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION SEVENTY-SEVEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY, AS AMENDED
SECTION 1. Section seventy-seven of Republic Act Numbered Seven hundred sixty, otherwise known as the Charter of the City of Tacloban, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Eighteen hundred ninety-eight, is amended further to read as follows: aisa dc
"Sec. 77. Clerks and employees of the Municipal Court. — There shall be a clerk of the municipal court who shall be appointed by the municipal judge in accordance with Civil Service Law, rules and regulations, and who shall receive a compensation to be fixed by ordinance, approved by the Secretary of Justice, at not less than two thousand four hundred pesos per annum. He shall keep the seal of the court and affix it to all orders, judgments, certificates, records and other documents issued by the court. He shall keep a docket of the trials in the court, in which he shall record in a summary manner the names of the parties and the various proceedings in civil cases, and in criminal cases, the name of the defendant, the charge against him, the names of the witnesses, the date of the arrest, the appearance of the defendant, together with the fines and costs adjudged or collected in accordance with the judgment. He shall have the power to administer oaths.
"The clerk of the municipal court shall at the same time be sheriff of the city and shall as such have the same powers and duties conferred by existing law to provincial sheriffs. The municipal board may provide for such number of clerks in the office of the clerk of the municipal court as the needs of the service may demand."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1961
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 57, No. 48, p. 8649 on November 27, 1961
Cite This Law
Increased Maximum Compensation Limit for Clerk of Municipal Court of Tacloban City, Republic Act No. 3072, Jun 17, 1961 (Philippines)
Increased Maximum Compensation Limit for Clerk of Municipal Court of Tacloban City, Republic Act No. 3072 (Phil. 1961)
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