Section 3
SEC. 3. Provisions of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the incumbent Government Corporate Counsel and all incumbent assistant government corporate counselors, trial attorneys and research attorneys of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel as presently constituted shall receive the salary rates provided for in this Act, corresponding to their rank and seniority in the said Office, without the necessity of any new appointment: Provided, That none of those holding office as such on the passage of this Act shall, by reason thereof, be removed from office or be demoted to a lower category or scale of salary except for cause and upon compliance with the due process provided for by law.