Presidential Decree No. 1513 (PD 1513) — 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
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
