QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 732)
It further amends Sections 1674 and 1687 of the Revised Administrative Code.
It provides for the appointment, number, qualifications, eligibility, and salaries of assistant provincial fiscals per province.
The law lists provinces and the number of assistant provincial fiscals for each province (e.g., Cebu has seven; Rizal has six; Albay has three; others have one or two depending on the province).
In first class provinces A and B: first assistant provincial fiscal—₱4,500 per annum; second—₱4,250 per annum; and other assistant provincial fiscals—₱3,600 each per annum.
First class provinces: first assistant provincial fiscal—₱4,200 each per annum; other assistant provincial fiscals—₱3,600 each per annum.
₱3,600 each per annum.
They are appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of Congress.
A citizen of the Philippines who has been duly admitted to practice law in the Court of said Islands and has at least five years of actual practice prior to appointment.
They are deemed reappointed, their appointments are confirmed, and they are entitled to the benefits of the Act.
A provincial fiscal has authority to conduct investigations into any crime or misdemeanor and prepare or cause the preparation of information/complaints against persons charged.
No. The defendant is not entitled as a matter of right to preliminary investigation if the provincial fiscal, after due investigation made in the presence of the accused if requested, presents an information in proper form certified under oath that a proper preliminary investigation was conducted.
The provincial fiscal may summon reputed witnesses with due notice to the accused, and witnesses may be cross-examined by the accused upon request; attendance or evidence of absent or recalcitrant witnesses may be enforced through proper process via application to a Judge of the First Instance.
No. The law expressly provides that no witness summoned under this section shall be compelled to give testimony to incriminate himself.
To investigate the cause of sudden deaths that are not satisfactorily explained where there is suspicion the cause arose from unlawful acts or omissions of other persons or from foul play.
He may cause autopsies to be made and may demand and receive assistance from the medico-legal section of the National Bureau of Investigation or the District Health Officer and presidents of the sanitary divisions of the province for investigation or autopsies.
Upon its approval.