PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1513, June 11, 1978

[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1513, June 11, 1978 ]

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1275 ENTITLED, "REORGANIZING THE PROSECUTION STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE OFFICES OF THE PROVINCIAL AND CITY FISCALS, REGIONALIZING THE PROSECUTION SERVICE, AND CREATING THE NATIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICE."

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1275 rationalized the allocation of positions of provincial and city fiscals according to workload of the respective offices of the provincial and city fiscals and/or the existing number of branches of the Courts of First Instance and City Courts; WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1439, promulgated on June 10, 1978, created in certain provinces and cities additional branches of the Courts of First Instance and City Courts and new and additional Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts;

WHEREAS, there is a need to re-allocate the positions of provincial and city fiscals conformably to the increase in court salas under P.D. No. 1439 and in line with the objective of P.D. No. 1275 to rationalize the allocation of prosecution positions and functions in accordance with the requirements of the service;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following:

SECTION 1. Section 12 of Presidential Decree No. 1275 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 12. Offices of the Provincial Fiscal: Their Number in Each Province/Sub-Province. —There shall be in each of the following provinces and sub-provinces the corresponding number of provincial fiscals and their assistants:

Rizal: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Ten Second Assistants Ten Third Assistants Fourteen Fourth Assistants Fourteen Assistants

Cebu: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Four Second Assistants Four Third Assistants Six Fourth Assistants Eight Assistants

Pangasinan: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Three Third Assistants Six Fourth Assistants Seven Assistants

Negros Occidental: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Three Third Assistants Four Fourth Assistants Seven Assistants

Pampanga; Bulacan: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Three Third Assistants Four Fourth Assistants Six Assistants

Quezon; Camarines Sur; Iloilo: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Two Third Assistants Four Fourth Assistants Five Assistants

Nueva Ecija; Laguna; Albay; Leyte: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Four Third Assistants Five Fourth Assistants

Batangas; Cagayan; Negros Oriental: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Four Third Assistants Four Fourth Assistants

La Union; One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Four Second Assistants Five Third Assistants

Ilocos Norte; Ilocos Sur; Cavite; Davao del Sur: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Four Third Assistants

Misamis Oriental; Zamboanga del Sur; Masbate; Capiz; Isabela: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Three Third Assistants

Benguet; Tarlac; Palawan; Aklan; Northern Samar; Bohol; Zamboanga del Norte: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Two Third Assistants

Nueva Vizcaya; Zambales; Bataan; Camarines Norte; Sorsogon; Western Samar; Eastern Samar; Surigao del Sur; Surigao del Norte; Bukidnon; Lanao del Norte; Davao del Norte; Davao Oriental; Misamis Occidental; Agusan del Norte; Maguindanao: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants

Abra; Kalinga-Apayao; Mindoro Oriental; Mindoro Occidental; Catanduanes; Antique; Southern Leyte; Lanao del Sur; North Cotabato; South Cotabato; Sulu: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant One Second Assistant

Batanes; Quirino; Mountain Province; Ifugao; Romblon; Marinduque; Siquijor; Agusan del Sur; Camiguin; Sultan Kudarat; Basilan; Tawi-Tawi: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant

Subprovinces of Aurora; Biliran; Guimaras: One Provincial Fiscal One First Assistant

SEC. 2. Section 13 of the same Decree is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 13. Offices of the City Fiscal: Their Number in Each City. —There shall be in each of the following cities the corresponding number of city fiscals and their assistants:

Manila: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Twenty Four Second Assistants Thirty Third Assistants Thirty Fourth Assistants Forty Assistants

Quezon City: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Twenty Two Second Assistants Twenty Two Third Assistants Twenty Two Fourth Assistants Twenty Two Assistants

City of Cebu: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Seven Second Assistants Seven Third Assistants Ten Fourth Assistants Ten Assistants

Pasay City: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Six Second Assistants Six Third Assistants Eight Fourth Assistants Eight Assistants

Caloocan City: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Five Second Assistants Six Third Assistants Six Fourth Assistants Six Assistants

Bacolod City: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Four Second Assistants Four Third Assistants Six Fourth Assistants Eight Assistants

City of Iloilo: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Four Third Assistants Six Fourth Assistants Eight Assistants

Dagupan: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Four Second Assistants Five Third Assistants Five Fourth Assistants Five Assistants

City of Davao: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Three Third Assistants Five Fourth Assistants Seven Assistants

Cagayan de Oro: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Six Third Assistants Six Fourth Assistants

Dumaguete; Legaspi: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Five Third Assistants Five Fourth Assistants

Olongapo; Cabanatuan; Lucena; Naga: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Three Third Assistants Six Fourth Assistants

Baguio; Zamboanga City; Tacloban: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Four Third Assistants Four Fourth Assistants

Roxas City: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Three Third Assistants Four Fourth Assistants

Angeles; Laoag; Batangas City; Iligan; Butuan; Tagbilaran: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants Four Third Assistants

Puerto Princesa; Dipolog; Pagadian: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Four Third Assistants

San Pablo: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Three Third Assistants

Cavite City; General Santos; Ozamis; Surigao City; Iriga; Oroquieta: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Two Second Assistants Two Third Assistants

Lipa; Mandaue; San Carlos (Neg); Marawi; Cotabato City: One City Fiscal One First Assistant Three Second Assistants

Calbayog; Lapu-lapu; Silay; Ormoc; San Jose; San Carlos (Pang); Davao; Tagaytay: One City Fiscal One First Assistant One Second Assistant

Cadiz; Trece Martires; Gingoog; Toledo; Bago; La Carlota; Dapitan; Bais; Tangub; Canlaon; Palayan: One City Fiscal One First Assistant

SEC. 3. A new Section is hereby inserted after Section 13 to be denominated Section 13-A which shall read as follows:

"SECTION 13-A. Whenever there is an increase in the number of court salas, there shall be a corresponding increase in the number of assistant provincial/city fiscals' positions at the ratio of two fiscals to a sala."

SEC. 4. Such sum as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Decree is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the period ending on December 31, 1978. Thereafter the said amount shall be added to the annual appropriation of the Ministry of Justice.

SEC. 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Assistant