Republic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Quezon City, Metro Manila TWELFTH CONGRESS: First Regular Session HOUSE BILLNO,__ 3318 EXPLANATORY NOTE Upon the initiative of the then Honorable Antonio M. Serapio, representing the then lone district of the Municipality of Valenzuela, through House Bill No. 1921, the Municipality of Valenzuela was converted into a highly urbanized city upon the enactment of Republic Act 8526 on 14 February 1998. Hence, the birth of “Valenzuela City.” However, R.A. 8526 inadvertently missed the provision on the “City Prosecutor's Office,” which is inherent in every newly converted municipality into a highly urbanized city. Absence such a provision would imperil the effective administration of justice within the city. Hence, this bill entails to rectify such inadvertence by adding the same in the city charter. It is in this light that the immediate consideration of this bill is earnestly sought. Adopted. Representative 1 District Valenzuela CityRepublic of the Philippines HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Quezon City, Metro Manila TWELFTH CONGRESS First Regular Session nouse BL No. 3318 AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8526, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS. THE “CHARTER OF THE CITY OF VALENZUELA,” INCORPORATING THEREIN THE PROVISION ON THE PkOSECUTOR’S OFFICE Be i enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION. 1. There shall be added Article VIII of R.A. 8526, otherwise known. as the “Charter of the City of Valenzuela” and the Act is hereby amended to read as follows: “ARTICLE VII ‘THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SEC. 45. The City Prosecution Service. — (a) there shall be established in the City fa prosecution service to be headed by a city prosecutor and such number of assistant prosecutors as may be necessary, who shall be organizationally part of the Department of Justice, and under the supervision and control of the Secretary of Justice and whose qualifications, manner of appointment, rank, salary and benefits shall be governed by existing laws covering prosecutors in the Department of Justice. (b) The city prosecutor shall handle the criminal prosecution in the municipal trial 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 Department of Justice. SEC. 2. Section 45 of the Act shall be numbered 46 and all subsequent titles and the corresponding sections shall be numbered accordingly SEC. 3. All laws, orders, decrees, and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. SEC. 4, This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in at least two (2) newspaper of general circulation Approved.