ADOPTING AN INTEGRATED COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR JUDICIAL AND LEGAL POSITIONS IN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.

WHEREAS, an effective and efficient judicial and legal
system in government is a major objective of the New Society;

WHEREAS, legal services are rendered by numerous agencies of
government;

WHEREAS, the compensation system of judicial and legal
positions needs to be rationalized and systematized;

WHEREAS, the Constitution directs the adoption of a
standardized system of compensation in the government:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby Order and Decree the following as part of the law of the
land:

SECTION 1. Statement of Policy. It is hereby declared policy
of the national government to adopt and implement an integrated compensation
scheme for judicial and legal positions in the national government, covering
positions in the Judiciary, the Batasang Pambansa, the Ministry of Justice, the
Office of the Solicitor General, and other Ministries with positions of
comparable duties and responsibility, within the funding, limitations of
government.

SEC. 2. Judiciary Positions. The compensation of positions
in the Judiciary, including, Judges and Clerks of Court, shall be reviewed in
the light of prevailing compensation in the private sector and the capability of
government to grant compensation increases to public officials and employees.
The Ministry of the Budget, through the Office of Compensation and Position
Classification, shall undertake such a review and shall submit a plan for the
approval of the President (Prime Minister), for rationalizing and upgrading
Judicial salaries, within six (6) months from the date hereof.

SEC. 3. Ministry of Justice Positions. The positions in the
Ministry of Justice shall be upgraded in basic salary so as to reach ultimately
at least the following levels, to be implemented on a gradual basis subject to
the availability of funds and in conjunction with the program similarly upgrade
all judicial and legal positions in government:

SEC. 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of September, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
		Senior Presidential Assistant