Section 6. The NBI Director and Other Officials.— The NBI shall be headed by a Director and assisted by two (2) Deputy Directors, one for Administration and another for Operations, and an Assistant Director for each of the following seven (7) Services: Investigation Service, Intelligence Service, Human Resource and Management Service, Comptroller Service, Forensic and Scientific Research Service, Legal Service, and Information and Communications Technology Service.

The NBI Director shall be appointed by the President and shall have the rank, salary, and benefits equivalent to that of an Undersecretary. No person shall be appointed Director unless he or she is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines and a member of the Philippine Bar who has been engaged in the practice of law for at least fifteen (15) years, preferably from within the ranks of Directors.

The Assistant Regional Directors to Deputy Directors shall likewise be appointed by the President of the Philippines, coming from the ranks of the NBI, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Justice.

No person shall be appointed Deputy Director or Regional Director unless he or she is a citizen of the Philippines and a member of the Philippine Bar who has been engaged in the practice of law for at least ten (10) years for the Deputy Director and for at least five (5) years for the Regional Director.