The City Fiscal.
Section 72
SEC. 72. The City Fiscal.—There shall be a city fiscal who shall discharge his duties under the general supervision of the Secretary of Justice. The city fiscal shall receive a salary of four thousand two hundred pesos per annum, in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred forty. The city fiscal shall be the legal adviser of the city and all offices and departments thereof. He shall have the following powers and duties: He shall, personally or through any assistant, represent the city in all civil cases wherein the city or any officer thereof, in his official capacity, is a party, and shall prosecute and defend all civil actions related to or connected with any city office or interest; He shall, when directed by the city mayor, institute and prosecute in the city's interest a suit on any bond, or contract, and upon any breach or violation thereof; He shall, when requested, attend meetings of the Council, draw ordinances, contracts, bonds, leases, and ether instruments involving any interest of the city and inspect and pass upon any such instruments already drawn; He shall give his opinion in writing, when requested by the city mayor or the Council or any of the heads of the city departments, upon any question relating to the city or the rights, or duties of any city officer thereof. He shall, whenever it is brought to his knowledge that any city officer or employee is guilty of neglect or misconduct in office, or that any person, firm, or corporation holding or exercising any franchise or public privilege from the city, has failed to comply with any condition, or to pay any consideration mentioned in the grant of such franchise or privilege, investigate or cause to be investigated the same and report to the city mayor; He shall have charge of the prosecution of all crimes and violations of the city ordinances, in the city court or the Court of First Instance and shall discharge all the duties in respect to criminal prosecution as are enjoined by law upon provincial fiscals; The city fiscal shall cause to be investigated all charges of crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of laws and ordinances and have the necessary informations or complaints prepared or made against the, accused. He or any of his assistants may conduct such investigations by taking oral evidence of reputed witnesses, and for this purpose, may issue subpoena to summon witnesses to appear and testify under oath before him, and subpoena duces tecum for the production of documents and other evidence. The attendance of an absent or recalcitrant witness may be enforced by application for a warrant of arrest to the city court or to the Court of First Instance; The city fiscal shall also cause to be investigated the cause of sudden deaths which have not been satisfactorily explained and when there is suspicion that the cause arose from the unlawful acts or omissions of other persons, or from foul play. For that purpose, he may cause autopsies to be made in case it is deemed necessary and shall be entitled to demand and receive for the purpose of such investigations or autopsies the aid of the city health officer; and He shall at all times render such official services as the city mayor or the City Council may require, and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.