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PD 848 Section 11

PD 848 Section 11

Chief Legal Counsel.

Section 11

SEC. 11. Chief Legal Counsel.—The Region shall have one Chief Legal Counsel to be appointed by the Administrator whose salary and other privileges shall be fixed by the Council. The position of the Chief Legal Counsel is considered highly technical and confidential. The Chief Legal Counsel of the Region shall have the following functions: He shall be the Secretary of the Council and as such shall be the official custodian of all the minutes, records and proceedings of all council meetings, and the official seal of the Region; In consultation with the Administrator, he shall prepare the agenda of the Council for its regular and special meetings; He shall give legal advise to the Region, the Council, the Administrator and all the other divisions of the Region and shall render legal opinion whenever the same is required. He shall represent the Region in all cases brought for or against it; and He shall exercise such other functions assigned to him by the Council. The Chief Legal Counsel shall have such staff and assistant legal counsel as the Council may determine.

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CitationPD 848 Section 11 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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