Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 4637)
Republic Act No. 4637 is an Act amending Republic Act Numbered One Thousand One Hundred Thirty.
Republic Act No. 4637 amends Section 6 of Republic Act Numbered One Thousand One Hundred Thirty.
A Prosecution Division is created within the Anti-Dummy Board.
The Prosecution Division consists of a Chief Prosecutor, one Assistant Chief Prosecutor, four Senior Prosecutors, and eight Prosecutors (four at one salary level and four at another).
Chief Prosecutor: P12,000.00 annually; Assistant Chief Prosecutor: P10,800.00 annually; Senior Prosecutors: P9,600.00 each annually; four Prosecutors at P8,400.00 each annually; four Prosecutors at P7,200.00 each annually.
The Anti-Dummy Board appoints the prosecutors in the Prosecution Division.
No, the prosecutors shall receive the salaries fixed by the law notwithstanding any provision of other laws to the contrary.
Incumbent special investigators and legal officers who occupy such positions by virtue of approved appointments shall occupy the new positions created if qualified and according to their seniority.
The qualifications for the Chief Prosecutor shall be the same as those prescribed for Judges of the Court of First Instance.
Their qualifications shall be the same as those prescribed for provincial fiscals.
Funding is authorized from any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated and the current Appropriations Act for the sums necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act.
The law took effect upon its approval on June 19, 1965.