QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 1740)
To increase the salaries of the Presiding Justice and Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals, the Presiding Judges and Judges of specialized and other inferior courts, and provide for payment of the salary differentials.
Section 10, Article X and Section 6, Article XV of the New Constitution (effective Jan. 17, 1973).
Annual salaries were increased to P75,000 (Chief Justice) and P60,000 (Associate Justices) effective by Presidential Decree No. 103 dated Jan. 18, 1973.
Because Section 6, Article XV removed the income tax exemption privileges previously enjoyed by the judiciary, and the salaries must be fixed at commensurate levels considering their duties and responsibilities.
Section 1 states that existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the covered judicial positions shall receive the specified salaries.
P54,000 per annum.
P50,000 per annum.
Each shall receive P40,000 per annum.
Presiding Judges: P42,000 per annum; Associate Judges: P40,000 per annum.
Presiding and Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals; Presiding Judges and Judges of other inferior courts, including the Courts of First Instance, Circuit Criminal Courts, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts, and specialized courts (Court of Tax Appeals, Court of Agrarian Relations, Court of Industrial Relations).
Section 2 provides that the differentials shall be paid out of the specific appropriation in Presidential Decree No. 233, programmed for expenditure effective January 1, 1974.
Appropriation Decree No. 233, appropriated the sum of P14,185,000 for salary differentials of justices, judges, and other officials of the Judiciary.
January 1, 1974.
It is cited as the authority pursuant to which the President issued PD 363.
Ferdinand E. Marcos as President, and Alejandro Melchor as Executive Secretary (By the President).