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RA 4776 Section 34

RA 4776 Section 34

Section 34

SEC. 34. Section thirty-seven of the same Act is amended to read as follows: "Sec. 37. The Chief of Police—His powers and duties-There shall be a chief of police who shall have charge of the police department and shall receive a salary of not less than ten thousand two hundred pesos per annum. He shall have the following powers and duties: "(a) He may issue supplementary regulations not in­compatible with law or general regulations promulgated by the proper department head of the National Government in accordance with law, for the government of the city police and detective force. "(b) He shall quell riots, disorders, disturbances of the peace, and shall arrest and prosecute through the city fis­cal, violators of any law or ordinance; shall exercise exclu­sive police supervision over all land and water within the police jurisdiction of the city; shall be charged with the protection of the rights of persons and property wher­ever found within the jurisdiction of the city, and shall arrest when necessary to prevent the escape of the offender, violators of any law or ordinance, and all who obstruct or interfere with him in the discharge of his duty; shall have charge of the city prison; and shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all prisoners until they shall be released from custody, in accordance with law, or delivered to the warden of the proper prison or penitentiary, "(c) He may take good and sufficient bail for the appearance before the judge of the municipal court of any Person arrested for violation of any city ordinance: Provided, however, That he shall not exercise this power in cases of violations of any penal law, except when the fiscal of the city shall so recommend and fix the bail to be required of the persons arrested. "(d) He shall have authority, within the police limits or the city, to serve and execute criminal processes of any court. "(e) He shall be the deputy sheriff of the city, and as such personally or by representative, attend the sessions of the municipal court, and shall execute promptly and faithfully, all writs and processes of said court. "(f) He shall exercise supervision over the police training school established in accordance with the rules and regulations of the police department. "(g) He shall have such further powers and perform such further powers and duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. "(h) He shall have the power to transfer any member of the police department from one division or section to another as the needs and exigencies of the service and public interest may require."

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CitationRA 4776 Section 34 (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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