Section 15. Ranks of Prosecutors. —

The Prosecutors in the National Prosecution Service shall have the following ranks:

Rank	Position/Title
Prosecutor V	Senior Deputy State Prosecutors; (2) Regional Prosecutors; and (3) Provincial Prosecutors or City Prosecutors of provincesor cities with at least twenty-five (25) prosecutors and City Prosecutors of cities within a metropolitan area established by law.
Prosecutor IV	Deputy State Prosecutors; (2)Deputy Regional Prosecutors; (3) Provincial Prosecutors or City Prosecutors of provincesor cities with less than twenty-five (25) prosecutors; and (4) Deputy Provincial Prosecutors or Deputy CityProsecutors of provinces or cities with at least twenty-five (25) prosecutors; and Deputy City Prosecutors of cities within a metropolitan area established by law.
Prosecutor III	Senior Assistant State Prosecutors and Senior AssistantRegional Prosecutors; (2)Deputy Provincial Prosecutors or Deputy CityProsecutors of provinces or cities with less than twenty-five (25) prosecutors; and (3)Senior Assistant Provincial Prosecutors or SeniorAssistant City Prosecutors.
Prosecutor II	Assistant State Prosecutors; (2)Assistant Regional Prosecutors; and (3)Assistant Provincial Prosecutors or Assistant CityProsecutors.
Prosecutor I	Associate Provincial Prosecutors or Associate City Prosecutors.

Whenever a province or city shall have had at least twenty-five (25) prosecutors or a city shall have been made a part of a metropolitan area established by law, each level of the prosecution position items of the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor or Office of the City Prosecutor thereof shall be automatically upgraded one rank higher and shall have the corresponding position titles provided in this section.