REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1138 - AN
ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY
REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR, RELATIVE TO OFFICES OF
REGISTERS OF DEEDS |
Section 1.
Sections one hundred ninety-two, one hundred ninety-two (b), and two
hundred one of the Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act
Numbered One hundred sixty-four, are hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 192.
Office of register of deeds. – There shall be one register of deeds for
each city and one for each province, except in the Mountain Province,
where there shall be two: one for the Subprovince of Benguet and
another for the rest of the province: Provided, however, That the
register of deeds of the City of Baguio or whoever performs his duties
shall be ex-officio register of deeds for the Subprovince of Benguet,
and that the register of deed of a province whose capital is a
chartered city or whoever is acting in his place shall likewise be
ex-officio register of deeds for said city. "There shall be one deputy
register of deeds in each of the registers of the City of Manila,
Quezon City, the provinces of Cebu, Iloilo, Negros Occidental,
Pangasinan and Rizal, and also in each registry with a yearly average
collection of more than thirty thousand pesos, whenever in the judgment
of the Secretary of Justice the needs of the service so demand. The
deputy register of deeds shall be in classified service and shall be
appointed by the Secretary of Justice, upon recommendation of the Chief
of the General Land Registration Office." "Section 192(b). Salaries of registers of deeds. – The salary of the
register of deeds of the City of Manila shall be seven thousand two
hundred pesos per annum; (1) that of the registers of deeds of the
Provinces of Iloilo, Negros Occidental, and Rizal, and Quezon City, six
thousand pesos per annum; (2) that of the register of deeds of the
Province of Pangasinan, five thousand four hundred pesos per annum; (3)
that of the registers of deeds of the Provinces of Bulacan, Cebu, Nueva
Ecija, Pampanga, Quezon, and Tarlac, and Pasay City, four thousand
eight hundred pesos per annum; (4) that of the registers of deeds of
the Provinces of Batangas, Camarines Sur, Capiz, Cavite, Davao, Ilocos
Norte, Isabela, and Laguna, four thousand two hundred pesos per annum;
(5) that of the registers of deeds of the Province of Albay, Antique,
Bataan, Bohol, Cagayan, Camarines Norte, Cotabato, Ilocos Sur, La
Union, Leyte, Mindoro Oriental, Misamis, Oriental, Negros Oriental,
Nueva Vizcaya, Sorsogon, Zambales, and Zamboanga del Norte, the Cities
of Baguio, Dagupan, Lipa, Ormoc, San Pablo, and Zamboanga, three
thousand six hundred pesos per annum; and (6) that of the registers of
deeds of other cities and provinces, three thousand pesos per annum. "The salary of the deputy
register of deeds in the City of Manila, shall be five thousand four
hundred pesos per annum, and those of the deputy registers of deeds in
other cities or provinces shall be three rates lower than those of
their respective principals in the scale of salaries herein provided. "From time to time but not
oftener than once every five years the rats of salary of the registers
of deeds, except in the City of Manila, shall be revised and fixed by
the Secretary of Justice in accordance with the following schedule; (a)
Six thousand pesos per annum for the registers of deeds whose yearly
average collections during the last three years immediately preceding
the year in which the revision is made have been seventy-five thousand
pesos or more; (b) five thousand four hundred pesos per annum for those
whose yearly average collections during the same period have been fifty
thousand pesos or more but less than seventy-five thousand pesos; (c)
four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum for those whose yearly
average collections during the same period have been thirty thousand
pesos or more but less than fifty thousand pesos; (d) four thousand two
hundred pesos per annum for those whose yearly average collections
during the same period have been fifteen thousand pesos or more but
less than thirty thousand pesos; (e) three thousand six hundred pesos
per annum for those whose yearly average collections during the same
period have been five thousand pesos or more but less than fifteen
thousand pesos; and (f) three thousand pesos per annum for those whose
yearly average collections during the same period have been less than
five thousand pesos. The rates of salary so revised and fixed shall be
included in the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year next
following the year in which the revision is made: Provided, however,
That the salary of the register of deeds of the City of Baguio shall be
fixed on the basis of the consolidated yearly average collections of
the registries of the City of Baguio and the Subprovince of Benguet,
and that the salary of the register of a province who is ex-officio
register of deeds for the city which is the capital of said province,
shall likewise be fixed on the basis of the consolidated yearly average
collections of the registries of said province and city. "Sec. 201.
Discharge of duties of register of deeds in case of vacancy, etc. –
Until a regular register of deeds shall have been appointed for a city
or province, or in case of vacancy in the office, or upon the occasion
of the absence, illness, suspension, or inability of the register of
deeds to discharge his duties, said duties shall be performed by the
following officials, in the order in which they are mentioned below,
unless the Secretary of Justice designate another official to act
temporarily in the place: "(a) For the city or province where there has been appointed a deputy register of deeds, by the said deputy register of deeds; "(b) For the City of Baguio, by the city of attorney, assistant city attorneys, city treasurer or assistant city treasurer of Baguio; "(c) For
cities which are not provincial capitals, by the city attorney,
assistant city attorney, city treasurer or assistant city treasurer; "(d) For provinces in general, by the provincial fiscal, assistant provincial fiscal, provincial treasurer, or assistant provincial treasurer.cralaw "In case of absence, disability or suspension of the register of deeds, without pay, or in case of vacancy in the position, the Secretary of Justice may, in his discretion, authorize the payment of an additional compensation to the official acting as register of deeds, such compensation, with his actual salary shall not exceed the salary authorized for the position thus filled by him." Sec. 2. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds existing in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be made available for carrying into effect the salary increases provided for in this Act. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 16, 1954 |