AMENDING PARAGRAPH ONE OF SECTION 1659 OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED.

WHEREAS, in the event of a vacancy in the Office of, or in
the absence of, the Solicitor General, Section 1659 of the Revised
Administrative Code, as amended, now provides for a First Assistant Solicitor
General to temporarily perform the functions of the office and in the event of
the absence of the First Assistant Solicitor General, the Acting Solicitor
General is designated from among nine (9) Assistant Solicitors General on the
sole basis of seniority; and

WHEREAS, for the superior handling of litigation for the
State, for the efficient administration of the functions of the Office, and in
the greater interest of the public service, it is necessary that discretion and
more flexibility should be exercised in the choice of a substitute for such a
sensitive and important government position;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to
Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated
September 22, 1972, do hereby decree, order and make as part of the law of the
land the following amendment to the first paragraph of Section 1659 of the
Revised Administrative Code, as amended:

“SEC. 1659. Chief Officials of the Office of the Solicitor
General. – The Office of the Solicitor General shall have one chief to be known
as the Solicitor General whose salary shall he the same as that of a Justice of
the Court of Appeals. He shall be assisted by Ten (10) Assistant Solicitors
General who shall have the same salary as that of a Judge of the Court of First
Instance. When the Solicitor General is unable to perform his duties or in case
of vacancy in the Office, one of the ten (10) Assistant Solicitors General
designated by the Department Head shall temporarily perform the functions of
said Office. * * *.”

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
		Assistant Executive Secretary