QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 5482)
Republic Act No. 5482 is entitled an act creating additional positions of assistant provincial fiscal in the Province of Camarines Norte. Its purpose is to amend Section 1674 of the Revised Administrative Code to increase the number of assistant provincial fiscals in that province.
RA 5482 amends Section 1674 of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, specifically regarding the number of assistant provincial fiscals in Camarines Norte.
RA 5482 provides that Camarines Norte shall have four (4) assistant provincial fiscals.
The proviso states that two (2) assistant provincial fiscals shall be assigned to the second branch of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte with station at the Municipality of Labo.
They are assigned to the second branch of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte, with station at the Municipality of Labo.
RA 5482 specifically provides assignment only for two of the four assistant provincial fiscals—those assigned to the second branch of the Court of First Instance with station at Labo.
It signifies that the existing provision on the number of assistant provincial fiscals in Camarines Norte under Section 1674 (as amended) is being revised again by rewriting it with the new text stated in RA 5482.
It increases or defines the number of assistant provincial fiscals in Camarines Norte as four (4), subject to the assignment proviso for two of them.
RA 5482 takes effect upon its approval, as stated in Section 2.
RA 5482 was approved on June 21, 1969.
The legislative intent is reflected by its direct amendment of an existing administrative code provision and the explicit creation/authorization of additional assistant provincial fiscal positions in Camarines Norte.
Two assistant provincial fiscals are assigned to the Labo second branch; therefore, the remaining two are not expressly assigned to that branch under the proviso.
It legally updates the governing statutory framework on public prosecutorial staffing by overriding or modifying the administrative code’s prior allocation rules as provided in the amended section.
The key operative words are “four assistant provincial fiscals” and the proviso “that the two assistant provincial fiscals shall be assigned to the second branch of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte with station at the Municipality of Labo.”