Section 17Sec./Art. 17

Continuation in Office of Prosecutors. - Upon approval of this Act, the prosecuting officers, including the prosecution attorneys, in the present prosecution staff shall continue in office to discharge the functions under this Act, and the position titles Chief State Prosecutor and Assistant Chief State Prosecutor are respectively renamed Prosecutor General and Senior Deputy State Prosecutor. All prosecutors who have the ranks of Prosecutor III and Prosecutor II in the existing prosecution staff shall be called Senior Assistant State Prosecutors and Assistant State Prosecutors, respectively, under this Act.

The Regional, Provincial or City Prosecution Office established as teach of the regions, provinces or cities pursuant to law is retained and renamed Regional Prosecution Office, Office of the Provincial Prosecutor or Office if the City Prosecutor, as the case may be.

All regional, provincial and city prosecutors and their assistants shall continue in office to discharge their functions under this Act.

All Assistant Prosecutor who have the ranks Prosecutor Iv, Prosecutor II, Prosecutor II and Prosecutor I in each of the existing regional, provincial and city prosecution offices shall be known by the position titles provided in Section 15 hereof: Provided, however, That in provinces or cities with at least twenty-five (25) prosecutors and in cities within a metropolitan area established by law all assistant prosecutors with the rank of Prosecutor I before the enactment of this Act shall be upgraded to Prosecutor II upon the approval of this Act and shall bear the title Assistant Provincial Prosecutor or Assistant City Prosecutor, as the case may be.