Amending Section 26 (c) of Act No. 1396
Act No. 2575, enacted on February 4, 1916, amends Section 26(c) of Act No. 1396 to establish the Office of Provincial Fiscal for the Province of Palawan. The amendment outlines the roles and salaries of provincial officials, including the provincial governor and secretary-treasurer, and introduces a provincial fiscal with a salary of up to three thousand pesos per annum. Additionally, it allocates two thousand pesos from the Insular Treasury to support the implementation of this Act for the fiscal year 1916. The Act took effect immediately upon its passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2575
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 4, 1916
ACT NO. 2575
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-SIX (C) OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX BY CREATING THE OFFICE OF PROVINCIAL FISCAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Section twenty-six (c) of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) The officers of the provincial government shall be provincial governor, at three thousand six hundred pesos per annum, who shall discharge the duties hereinbefore prescribed for the provincial governor and those prescribed for the provincial supervisor, and a provincial secretary-treasurer, at three thousand six hundred pesos per annum, who shall discharge the duties hereinbefore prescribed for the provincial secretary and those prescribed for the provincial treasurer, and who shall give a bond as provided by section four of this Act in the sum of ten thousand pesos. There shall be a provincial fiscal who shall receive a salary not exceeding three thousand pesos per annum."
SECTION 2. The sum of two thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated to be added to the appropriation for the Province of Palawan for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen made by Act Numbered Twenty-five hundred and forty.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 4, 1916. STaAcC
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Amending Section 26 (c) of Act No. 1396, Act No. 2575, Feb 4, 1916 (Philippines)
Amending Section 26 (c) of Act No. 1396, Act No. 2575 (Phil. 1916)
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