( d ) To institute and prosecute, at the request of the Governor-General or other proper officer of the Insular Government, actions on bonds or contracts in which the Government is interested, upon breach thereof. 

[136-45 (f) .] 

( e ) To pursue the collection of any claim or judgment in favor of the Government outside of the Philippine Islands, to which end he may, with the approval of the Governor-General, employ counsel to assist in such collection. 

[136-45 ( h ).] 

(f) To institute and prosecute actions to enforce penalties or forfeitures under laws of the United States in force in the Philippine Islands. 

[1344-1.] 

S ECTION 1281 . Opinions of Attorney-General. — When thereunto requested in writing he shall give advice, in the form of written opinions, to any of the following functionaries, upon any question of law relative to the powers or duties of themselves or subor dinates or relative to the interpretation of any law or laws affecting their offices or functions, to wit: The Governor-General, the President of the Upper House of the Philippine Legislature, the Speaker of the Philippine Assembly, the respective heads of t he Executive Departments, the chiefs of the organized Bureaus, the trustee of any Government institution, and any provincial fiscal. 

[523-2.] 

S ECTION 1282 . Publication of Opinions . — The Attorney-General shall, under the supervision of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, from time to time, edit or cause to be edited, such of the opinions of his office as the Secretary of Finance and Justice may  deem valuable for preservation in volumes, and cause to be printed by the Director of Printing an edition of five hundred copies thereof, which volumes shall contain not less than seven hundred and fifty pages of printed matter, and, as to quality of pap er, printing, and binding, shall be uniform in style and appearance with the Philippine Reports, and shall be numbered in the order of the volumes published. Each volume shall contain proper headnotes, a full and complete index, and such footnotes as the A ttorney-General may approve. 

[523-2.] 

