An Act Amending the First Paragraph of Section Thirty-Two, and Section Thirty-Three of Republic Act Numbered Thirty-Two Hundred Seventy-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Revise the Charter of the City of Calbayog"
Year:
1968
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 15, 1968
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This Act amends specific sections of Republic Act No. 3279, which revises the charter of the City of Calbayog. It outlines the powers and duties of the Chief of Police and establishes the role of the Chief of Secret Service within the city's police department.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 5320
An Act Amending the First Paragraph of Section Thirty-Two, and Section Thirty-Three of Republic Act Numbered Thirty-Two Hundred Seventy-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Revise the Charter of the City of Calbayog"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. The first paragraph of Section thirty-two of Republic Act Numbered Thirty-two hundred seventy-nine, otherwise known as the Revised Charter of the City of Calbayog, as amended to read as follows:
Section 2. Section thirty-three of the same Act is amended to read as follows:
Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 15, 1968.
"Sec. 32. The Chief of Police.— His powers and duties. There shall be a chief of police who shall have charge of the police department and shall receive a salary of five thousand four hundred pesos per annum. He shall be assisted in the discharge of his duties by a deputy chief of police who shall receive a salary of not less than three thousand six hundred pesos per annum. The chief of police shall have the following powers and duties:
"Sec. 33. Chief of Secret Service.— There shall be a chief of the secret service who shall, under the chief of police, have charge of the detective work of the department and of the detective force of the city, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the chief of police or prescribed by law or ordinance. The chief of the secret service shall receive a salary of not less than two thousand four hundred pesos per annum.
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