QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 4201)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 4201 is to amend Section 3 of Commonwealth Act No. 103 as amended by other Commonwealth Acts, specifically to define the appointment, qualifications, salary, and structure of court personnel including clerks of court, hearing examiners, prosecutors, stenographic reporters, and other court officers.
The Clerk of Court is appointed by the presiding judge of the court, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Justice.
The Clerk of Court must be a member of the Philippine Bar and have actually practiced law in the Philippines for at least five years or have held a position in the Philippines during a like period that requires admission to the practice of law as an indispensable requisite.
The Clerk of Court receives a salary of twelve thousand pesos per annum.
Hearing examiners must have qualifications similar to provincial fiscals, except those in the lowest salary grade requiring at least three years of actual law practice or equivalent experience. Their salaries range from seven thousand two hundred pesos to ten thousand eight hundred pesos per annum depending on their rank.
Yes, Section 2 of the act ensures that incumbent court personnel already holding positions at the time of the law's enactment receive corresponding salary increases without the necessity of a new appointment and are protected from removal or demotion except for cause or lack of qualifications.
All appointments by the presiding judge of the court to positions mentioned in the act are subject to the approval of the Secretary of Justice.
Yes, the act specifies salaries and qualifications for senior deputy clerks, deputy clerks, chief and assistant chief hearing examiners, court prosecutors, stenographic reporters, administrative officers, and other clerical and technical court personnel.
Yes, Section 3 appropriates necessary sums from the National Treasury that are not otherwise appropriated to carry out the provisions of the act.
The act took effect on July 1, 1965.