WHEREAS, In the interest of the efficient administration of justice, Presidential Decree No. 1726 has been issued for the purpose of adopting a systematic compensation scheme for officials occupying lawyer-positions in the Ministry of Justice;

WHEREAS, there is a need to forthwith implement said Decree in order to dissuade competent lawyers 4n the Ministry of Justice from accepting more attractive offers from the private sector;

WHEREAS, for the effective and equitable implementation of said Decree, it is necessary to clarify some of its provisions;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order the following:

1. The œChief Financial Officer  mentioned in the first group of positions listed in Section 3 of P.D. No. 1726 with annual salary rate of P55 ,536.00 shall refer to the Assistant Secretary for Finance and Management.

2. The œTechnical Staff Assistant Chiefs  mentioned in the third group of positions listed in Section 3 of the same Decree with annual salary rate of P50,292.00 shall refer to the two Technical Staff Senior Special Assistants holding Item No. 241 in the Personel Services Itemization approved by the President pursuant to Batas Pambansa Blg. 40.

3. The item œBoard of Pardons and Parole Executive Director  appearing in the fourth group of positions listed in the same Section of said Decree with annual salary rate of P47 ,856.00 shall refer to the Assistant Executive Director of the Board of Pardons and Parole.

4. The Technical Staff Senior Legal Officers shall be considered as Senior Research Attorneys in the Office of the Minister of Justice with annual compensation of P37 ,344.00.

5. The positions of Fourth Assistant .Provincial/City Fiscals of Second Class Provinces/Cities and Third Assistant Provincial/City Fiscals of Third/Fourth Class Provinces/Cities, shall be categorized with the positions of Assistant Provincial/City Fiscals mentioned the eight group of positions listed in the same Section of P.D.No. 1 1726 with annual salary rate of P32,184.00.

6. The positions of NBI Assistant Regional Director and NBI Chief Agent shall be considered as NBI Chief Legal Officer with annual compensation of P47,856. 00 and the positions of NBI Head Agent, as NBI Chief Research Attorney with annual salary rate of P43,332.00. The positions of NBI Supervising Agent shall be equated with the positions of Supervising Parole Officers with annual salary rate of P41,232.00; those of NBI Senior Agent, with the positions of Senior Parole Officers with annual salary rate of P37,344. 00; those of NBI Agents III and II, with those of Legal Officers III with annual compensation of P32,184.00; and those of NBI Agent I, with those of Legal Officers I, with annual salary rate of P20,580.00.

7. The implementation of these rates, position classification or equivalents shall be implemented gradually, as may be dictated by government finances and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of P.D. No. 1726.

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

(Sgd.)  FERDINAND E. MARCOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Senior Presidential Assistant