31 SEC. 3. Consultant to the Judicial and Bar Council. – The President shall appoint a qualified person as a consultant to the Judicial and Bar Council recommended by the Regional Governor in consultation with the concerned sectors of the autonomous region. The person recommended by the Regional Governor shall first be confirmed by the Regional Assembly. Once appointed by the President, the consultant shall sit with the Judicial and Bar Council only to advise and be consulted by the council on matters of appointments to judicial positions in the autonomous region. SEC. 4. Deputy Court Administrator. – The Office of the Deputy Court Administrator for the autonomous region is hereby created. The Deputy Court Administrator for the autonomous region shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from among three recommendees submitted by the Regional Governor upon previous confirmation by the Regional Assembly and after consultation with the concerned sectors of the autonomous region. SEC. 5. Shari'ah Courts. – The Regional Assembly of the autonomous region shall provide for the establishment of Shari'ah courts. Shari'ah courts existing as of the date of the approval of this Organic Act shall continue to discharge their duties. The judges, thereof, may, however, be reshuffled upon recommendation of the Deputy Court Administrator of the autonomous region. SEC. 6. Shari'ah Public Assistance Office. – There is hereby created a Shari'ah Public Assistance Office. The Office shall be staffed by a director and two (2) lawyers who are members of the Philippine Shari'ah bar. They may be assisted by such personnel as may be determined by the Regional Assembly. Unless otherwise provided by regional law, the compensation of the director and the Shari'ah lawyers shall be equivalent to the salary grade of a Director III and a trial lawyer of the Public Assistance Office, respectively. The Shari'ah Public Assistance Office is hereby established in each of the Shari'ah judicial districts to provide free legal assistance to poor or indigent party litigants.