QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 2942)
To provide for the appointment and compensation of provincial fiscals for the provinces that were formerly part of the late Department of Mindanao and Sulu, by amending Act No. 2878 and abolishing certain additional positions in the Bureau of Justice.
Act No. 2942 amended Section 3 of Act No. 2878.
It amended Section 3 by striking out the proviso, resulting in Section 3 reading that the Insular Government departments, bureaus, and offices would exercise the same jurisdiction and perform the same duties in the provinces formerly included in the Department of Mindanao and Sulu as in regularly organized provinces.
They must exercise the same jurisdiction and have the same duties regarding their respective branches in those provinces, in the same manner as in regularly organized provinces.
It abolishes the additional positions in the Bureau of Justice created by the former Section 3 of Act No. 2878.
A provincial fiscal in each province of the former Department of Mindanao and Sulu.
They must be qualified and appointed in the same manner as the fiscals of the regularly organized provinces.
Davao, Sulu, and Zamboanga.
Agusan, Bukidnon, Cotabato, and Lanao.
₱1,000 per annum (₱4,000 vs. ₱3,000).
One provincial fiscal for each province of the former Department of Mindanao and Sulu; based on the enumerated provinces in the salary provisions, there are eight (Davao, Sulu, Zamboanga, Agusan, Bukidnon, Cotabato, and Lanao, with the Act addressing these provinces).
It aligns the jurisdiction and duties of Insular Government departments, bureaus, and offices in the affected provinces with those in regularly organized provinces.
On its approval.
February 16, 1921.
Because it removes those extra Bureau of Justice positions and replaces them with the specifically designated provincial fiscal posts, indicating a restructuring of prosecutorial/justice functions in the affected provinces.