REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6386 - AN ACT
AMENDING AND REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED
FIFTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWELVE, KNOWN AS “HE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF GENERAL
SANTOS"
Section 1.
Section eight of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four hundred twelve is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 8. The Mayor. — The Mayor shall be the chief
executive of the city. He shall be elected at large by the qualified
voters of the city. No person shall be eligible for the position of
mayor unless at the date of the election he is at least twenty-five
years of age, a resident of the city for at least two years prior to
his election, and a qualified voter therein. He shall hold office for
four years until his successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified, unless sooner removed for cause and shall receive a salary
of thirteen thousand eight hundred pesos per annum.”
Sec. 2. The first paragraph and subparagraph (b),
of section ten of the same Act are also amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 10. General Powers and Duties of the Mayor. —
The Mayor shall have immediate supervision and control over the
executive administrative functions of the different departments of the
city. . . .
"(b) To safeguard all the lands, buildings, records,
moneys, credits, and other property and rights of the city, and,
subject to the provisions of this Charter, have supervision and control
over all its property:"
Sec. 3. Subparagraph (rr) of Section of sixteen of
the same Act is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. Section twenty of the same Act is also
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 20. Appointment and removal of officials and
employees. — The President of the Philippines, with the consent of the
Commission on Appointments, shall appoint the city judges and auxiliary
judges of the city; the city treasurer, the city engineer, the city
fiscal and his assistants, the city health officer, and the city
superintendent of schools. Said officers shall not be suspended nor
removed except in the manner and for causes provided by law. Subject to
the provisions of the Civil Service Law, the mayor, from a list of
nominees recommended by the department head or chief of office
concerned, shall appoint all other officers and employees paid out of
city funds and they shall not be suspended or removed except in
accordance with law."
Sec. 5. The first paragraph of Section twenty-five
of the same Act is also amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 25. Execution of authorized public works and
improvements. — All public works constructions, repair and improvements
of the city shall be carried out by administration of the Office of the
City Engineer. The approval of plans and specifications thereof by the
city mayor with the favorable recommendation of the city council and
the city engineer shall constitute sufficient warrant for the
undertaking and execution of said projects."
Sec. 6. The first paragraph of Section twenty-nine
of the same Act is also amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 29. The Chief of Police. — His powers, duties
and compensation. — There shall be a chief of police who shall have
immediate charge of the police department and who shall perform such
duties prescribed by the Police Act of Nineteen hundred sixty-six in
addition to those enumerated in this section and shall receive a salary
in accordance with law."
Sec. 7. Section thirty-one of the same Act is
repealed without prejudice to the retention of the incumbent who shall
be absorbed by the other units or divisions of the Police Department:
provided, that he possesses the necessary qualifications prescribed by
the Civil Service Law and the Police Act of Nineteen hundred sixty-six.
Sec. 8. The title of article nineteen of the same
Act is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Article XIX. — Disposition of land of the public domain within the
city."
Sec. 9. Section ninety-eight of the same Act is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 98. The disposition of all lands of the public
domain within the city shall be in accordance with the provisions of
Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and forty-one, as amended:
provided, that all incomes and receipts derived from such disposition
shall accrue exclusively to city as provided in this Act."
SECTION 10. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Enacted without Executive
approval, August 16, 1971.
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