Section 67Sec./Art. 67

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 in the City of Baliwag. 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 in the DOJ. The City Prosecution Service shall be organizationally part of the DOJ and under the supervision and control of the Secretary of 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.

The Secretary of Justice shall always ensure the adequacy and quality of prosecution service in the City and for its purpose shall, in the absence or lack or insufficiency in number of assistant city prosecutors as provided herein above, designate from among the assistant provincial prosecutors a sufficient number to perform and discharge the functions of the City Prosecution Service as provided hereinabove. IDSEAH

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