Section 51Sec./Art. 51

The City Prosecution Service. - (a) The Department of Justice (DOJ) shall within two (2) months from the commencement of the corporate existence of the City, establish and maintain a prosecution service. It shall be headed by a city prosecutor, who shall be assisted by such number of assistant prosecutors as may be necessary. and whose qualifications, manner of appointment, rank, salary and benefits shall be governed by existing laws covering prosecutors inthe DOJ. The City Prosecution Service shall be organizationally part of the DOJ, and under the supervision and control of the Secretary of the DOJ.

(b) The City Prosecutor shall handle the criminal prosecution in the municipal trial courts in the City as well as in the regional trial courts for criminal cases originating in the territory of the City, and shall render to or for the City such services as are required by law, ordinance or regulation of the DOJ.