Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section sixteen hundred seventy-four of the Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Seventeen hundred ninety-nine, is further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 1674. Assistant Provincial Fiscals.—In the folding provinces there shall be assistant provincial fiscals in such numbers as are hereinafter provided:

“Abra, one assistant provincial fiscal;
“Agusan, one assistant provincial fiscal;
“Albuy, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Antique, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Bataan, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Batangas, five assistant provincial fiscals;
"Bohol, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Bukidnon, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Bulacan, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Cagayan, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Camarines Norte, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Camarines Sur, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Capiz, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Catanduanes, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Cavite, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Cebu, nine assistant provincial fiscals;
"Cotabato, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Davao, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Ilocos Norte, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Ilocos Sur, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Iloilo, eight assistant provincial fiscals;
“Isabela, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Laguna, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"Lanao, four assistant provincial fiscals;
"La Union, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Leyte, eight assistant provincial fiscals;
"Marinduque, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Masbate, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Mountain Province, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Nueva Ecija, six assistant provincial fiscals;
"Nueva Vizcaya, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Occidental Mindoro, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Oriental Mindoro, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Occidental Misamis, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Oriental Misamis, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Occidental Negros, eight assistant provincial fiscals;
"Oriental Negros, four assistant provincial fiscals;

Provided, That one assistant provincial fiscal shall assigned to the Subprovince of Siquijor with station Larena;

"Palawan, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Pampanga, six assistant provincial fiscals;
"Pangasinan, nine assistant provincial fiscals;
"Quezon, five assistant provincial fiscals;
"Rizal, nine assistant provincial fiscals;
"Romblon, one assistant provincial fiscal;
"Samar, seven assistant provincial fiscals;
“Sorsogon, two assistant provincial fiscals;
“Sulu, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Surigao, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Tarlac, three assistant provincial fiscals;
"Zambales, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Zamboanga del Norte, two assistant provincial fiscals;
"Zamboanga del Sur, two assistant provincial fiscals.

Assistant provincial fiscals shall receive such salaries as hereinafter provided:

"(A) In first class provinces A and B, the first assistant provincial fiscal, six thousand pesos per annum, the second assistant provincial fiscal, four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum, and the other assistant provincial fiscals, four thousand two hundred pesos each, per annum;
"(B) In first class provinces, the first assistant provincial fiscal, four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; the other assistant provincial fiscals, four thousand two hundred pesos each, per annum;
"(C) In second, third, fourth and fifth class provinces, four thousand two hundred pesos each, per annum;

These officers shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the Congress of the Philippines, and their salaries shall be paid by the provinces concerned. The salary of the assistant provincial fiscal shall be included in the annual appropriation of the province in the same manner as the salary of the provincial fiscal. To be eligible appointment to this position, a person must be a citizen of the Philippines who has been duly admitted to practice law in the Court of said Islands, and has been in actual practice for at least five years prior to his appointment; Provided, however, That incumbent assistant fiscals whose appointments have been duly acted upon and approved by the Commission on Appointments of the Congress of the Philippines prior to the approval of this Act, shall be deemed reappointed and their appointments confirmed and, therefore, entitled to the benefits of this Act."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, May 15, 1959.