Amending Section 6 (h) of Act No. 1396
Act No. 2552, enacted on January 25, 1916, amends the authority regarding township officials in the provinces of Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes. It transfers the power to remove township officers from provincial governors to the provincial board. The Act stipulates that provincial officials must visit townships regularly to address complaints against executive officers and allows them to suspend or remove officials for misconduct with the provincial board's approval. The Act also empowers provincial authorities to initiate legal action if necessary. It takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2552
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 25, 1916
ACT NO. 2552
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (H) OF SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, BY TRANSFERRING TO THE PROVINCIAL BOARD THE POWER CONFERRED UPON THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS OF PALAWAN, MINDORO, AND BATANES TO REMOVE TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Subsection (h) of section six of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six, applicable to the Provinces of Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(h) He shall at least once in every six months visit every township or settlement in the province; while in the township or settlement he shall hear all complaints made against and the conduct of any of its executive officers, and take suitable action thereon. He shall have the power to suspend any township official charged with misconduct in office or disloyalty to the United States, and after proper notice and hearing to remove him, with the approval of the provincial board, and to direct the provincial fiscal to bring a civil or criminal suit in the public interest against the person complained of if the charge made involves either civil or criminal liability, or to dismiss the complaint and reinstate the person complained of."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 25, 1916.
Cite This Law
Amending Section 6 (h) of Act No. 1396, Act No. 2552, Jan 25, 1916 (Philippines)
Amending Section 6 (h) of Act No. 1396, Act No. 2552 (Phil. 1916)
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