Salary Standardization for City Judges

Removal of tax exemptions affects the net income of city judges.
Duties and responsibilities of city judges justify a salary upgrade.
Presidential Decree No. 363 already increased Courts of First Instance judges' salaries to ₱40,000 per annum as of January 1, 1974.
Salaries of city judges should be fixed at commensurate levels.

Appropriation Decree No. 233 allocates ₱14,185,000 for salary differentials of Judiciary officials including judges.

Salaries standardized despite contrary existing laws.
Fixed salary rates:
- Cities of Manila, Quezon, Caloocan, Pasay, Baguio, and Cebu: ₱35,000 per annum.
- Second and third class cities: ₱25,000 per annum.
- Other cities: ₱20,000 per annum.

Salary differentials paid from the appropriated fund in P.D. No. 233 starting January 1, 1974.
Future salary payments handled according to city classification and funding sources:

Cities paying judges' salaries fully:
- Salaries paid in full by the city government.
- If city classification is downgraded, the national government pays the salary differential.
Cities paying salaries fully by the national government:
- National government continues full payment.
- Cities may share payment when financially able, as determined by the Secretary of Finance.
Cities sharing salary payments with the national government:
- Continue proportionate sharing according to existing ratios.
- Increased city revenues may increase city’s share and decrease national government’s share, as determined by the Secretary of Finance.
- Goal is for cities to eventually assume full salary payment for their city judges.

Authority: Exercised by the President of the Philippines under the Constitution.
Effectivity: Salary adjustments and differentials retroactive to January 1, 1974.
Signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos and Executive Secretary Alejandro Melchor in Manila, July 19, 1974.