The City Fiscal—His powers and duties.
Section 30
SEC. 30. The City Fiscal—His powers and duties.— There shall be a city fiscal, a first assistant city fiscal, a second assistant city fiscal, a third assistant city fiscal, a fourth assistant city fiscal, and three fifth assistant city fiscals who shall receive salaries in accordance with existing salary laws: Provided, That the salaries of the fourth assistant city fiscal and the three fifth assistant city fiscals shall be paid wholly from national funds. The city fiscal shall have the following powers and duties: (a) He shall have charge of the prosecution of all crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of the laws and city ordinances, triable in the city court of the city or the Court of First Instance and shall discharge all the duties in respect to criminal prosecutions as are enjoined by law upon provincial fiscals; (b) He shall cause to be investigated all charges of crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of laws and city ordinances brought to his knowledge, 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 the 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 municipal court or to the Court of First Instance; and (c) He 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 omission 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, or, subject to the rules and conditions previously established by the Secretary of Justice, that of the medico-legal section of the National Bureau of Investigation. In case the city fiscal deems it necessary to have further expert assistance for the satisfactory performance of his duties in relation with medico-legal matters or knowledge, including the giving of medical testimony in the courts of justice, he shall request the same, in the same manner and subject to the same rules and conditions as above specified, from the medico-legal officer of the said Bureau who shall thereupon furnish the assistance required in accordance with his powers and facilities.