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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:

1. Rizal:

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

2. Cebu:

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

3. Pangasinan:

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

4. Negros Occidental:

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

5. Pampanga; Bulacan:

   One Provincial Fiscal
   One First Assistant
   Two Second Assistants
   Three Third Assistants
   Four Fourth Assistants
   Six Assistants

6. Quezon; Camarines Sur; Iloilo:

   One Provincial Fiscal
   One First Assistant
   Two Second Assistants
   Two Third Assistants
   Four Fourth Assistants
   Five Assistants

7. Nueva Ecija; Laguna; Albay; Leyte:

   One Provincial Fiscal
   One First Assistant
   Three Second Assistants
   Four Third Assistants
   Five Fourth Assistants

8. Batangas; Cagayan; Negros Oriental:

   One Provincial Fiscal
   One First Assistant
   Two Second Assistants
   Four Third Assistants
   Four Fourth Assistants

9. La Union;

   One Provincial Fiscal
   One First Assistant
   Four Second Assistants
   Five Third Assistants

10. Ilocos Norte; Ilocos Sur; Cavite; Davao del Sur:

    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants

11. Misamis Oriental; Zamboanga del Sur; Masbate; Capiz; Isabela:

    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants

12. Benguet; Tarlac; Palawan; Aklan; Northern Samar; Bohol; Zamboanga del Norte:

    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Two Third Assistants

13. 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

14. 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

15. Batanes; Quirino; Mountain Province; Ifugao; Romblon; Marinduque; Siquijor; Agusan del Sur; Camiguin; Sultan Kudarat; Basilan; Tawi-Tawi:

    One Provincial Fiscal
    One First Assistant

16. 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:

1. Manila:

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

2. Quezon City:

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

3. City of Cebu:

   One City Fiscal
   One First Assistant
   Seven Second Assistants
   Seven Third Assistants
   Ten Fourth Assistants
   Ten Assistants

4. Pasay City:

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

5. Caloocan City:

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

6. Bacolod City:

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

7. City of Iloilo:

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

8. Dagupan:

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

9. City of Davao:

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

10. Cagayan de Oro:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Six Third Assistants
    Six Fourth Assistants

11. Dumaguete; Legaspi:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Five Third Assistants
    Five Fourth Assistants

12. Olongapo; Cabanatuan; Lucena; Naga:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants
    Six Fourth Assistants

13. Baguio; Zamboanga City; Tacloban:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants
    Four Fourth Assistants

14. Roxas City:

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

15. Angeles; Laoag; Batangas City; Iligan; Butuan; Tagbilaran:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants

16. Puerto Princesa; Dipolog; Pagadian:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Four Third Assistants

17. San Pablo:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Three Third Assistants

18. Cavite City; General Santos; Ozamis; Surigao City; Iriga; Oroquieta:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Two Second Assistants
    Two Third Assistants

19. Lipa; Mandaue; San Carlos (Neg); Marawi; Cotabato City:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    Three Second Assistants

20. Calbayog; Lapu-lapu; Silay; Ormoc; San Jose; San Carlos (Pang); Davao; Tagaytay:

    One City Fiscal
    One First Assistant
    One Second Assistant

21. 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