Section 3June 16, 1954, Sec./Art. 3

Clerk of court; appointment; qualification; compensation. - The Court of Tax Appeals shall have the Clerk of Court who shall be appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments. No person shall be appointed Clerk of Court unless he is duly authorized to practice law in the Philippines. The Clerk of Court shall exercise the same powers and perform the same duties in regard to all matters within the court's jurisdiction, as are exercise and performed by clerks of Court of First Instance, in so far of those powers and the performance of those duties the clerk shall be under the direction of the said court. The Clerk of Court shall receive a compensation of six thousand pesos per annum.