REPUBLIC ACT NO. 945 - AN ACT TO
AMEND Section ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE OF THE REVISED
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED |
Section 1.
Section one thousand six hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised
Administrative Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as
follows: "Section 1659.
Chief Officials of Office of the Solicitor General. – The Office of the
Solicitor General shall have one chief to be known as the Solicitor
General whose salary shall be twelve thousand per annum and shall have
the rank of an Undersecretary of a Department. He shall be assisted by
one First Assistant Solicitor General whose salary shall be ten
thousand pesos per annum. When the Solicitor General is unable to
perform his duties or in case of a vacancy in the office, the First
Assistant Solicitor General shall temporarily perform one functions of
said officer, or, in his absence, the next Assistant Solicitor General
who is senior in the service. There shall also be four Assistant
Solicitors General each of whom shall receive a salary of seven
thousand eight hundred pesos per annum, and twenty-four Solicitors
whose salaries shall be as follows: "(a) Four Solicitors, six thousand six hundred pesos per annum; "(b) Four Solicitors, six thousand pesos per annum each; "(c) Five Solicitors, five thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; "(d) Five Solicitors, five thousand one hundred pesos per annum each; "(e) Six Solicitors, four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each. "The qualifications for appointment to the position of Solicitor General, the First Assistant Solicitor General and the four Assistant Solicitors General shall be the same as those prescribed for Judges of Courts of First Instance and those of Solicitors shall be the same as those prescribed for provincial fiscals." Sec. 2. To carry out the purposes of this Act and in addition to such sum as may have been provided for under current appropriation, there is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated the amount of twenty-two thousand nine hundred pesos for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-four. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-three. Approved: June 20, 1953 |