Regional Office; Regional Probation Officer.
Section 22
SEC. 22. Regional Office; Regional Probation Officer.—The Administration shall have regional offices organized in accordance with the field service area pattern established under the Integrated Reorganization Plan. Such regional offices shall be headed by a Regional Probation Officer who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines in accordance with the Integrated Re-organization Plan and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Justice. The Regional Probation Officer shall exercise supervision and control over all probation officer within his jurisdiction and such duties as may be assigned to him by the Administrator. He shall have an annual salary of at least twenty-four thousand pesos. He shall, whenever necessary, be assisted by an Assistant Regional Probation Officer who shall also be appointed by the President of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Justice, with an annual salary of at least twenty thousand pesos.