Question & AnswerQ&A (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 363)
The main purpose of Presidential Decree No. 363 is to increase the salaries of the Presiding Justice and Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals, as well as the Presiding Judges and Judges of specialized courts and lower courts in the Philippines.
The salaries of the Presiding Justice and Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals, the Presiding Judges and Judges of specialized courts such as the Court of Tax Appeals, the Court of Agrarian Relations, and the Court of Industrial Relations, and Judges of lower courts including Courts of First Instance, Circuit Criminal Courts, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts were increased.
The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals shall receive an annual salary of P54,000, and each Associate Justice shall receive P50,000 per annum.
Judges of the Courts of First Instance, Circuit Criminal Courts, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts shall each receive an annual salary of P40,000.
Presiding Judges of these courts are paid P42,000 annually, and each Associate Judge receives P40,000 per annum.
The income tax exemption was removed under Section 6, Article XV of the 1973 New Constitution.
Appropriation Decree No. 233 appropriated the sum of P14,185,000 for salary differentials for the Justices, Judges, and other officials of the Judiciary.
The salary adjustments are programmed to take effect starting January 1, 1974.
Yes, PD No. 363 states that its provisions shall prevail notwithstanding any existing laws to the contrary regarding salaries of the judiciary officials enumerated therein.