Amendment to Revised Administrative Code (Postal Savings Bank Special Withdrawals)
Republic Act No. 230, enacted on June 9, 1948, amends Section 2019 of the Revised Administrative Code concerning postal savings bank special withdrawals. The amendment allows local postmasters to authorize withdrawals up to one hundred pesos, or a higher amount deemed reasonable by the Department Head and the Director of Posts, without needing prior approval from the central office. This change aims to streamline the process for small withdrawals from postal savings accounts. The Act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette in August 1948.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 230
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 9, 1948
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 230
AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR, REGARDING POSTAL SAVINGS BANK SPECIAL WITHDRAWALS
SECTION 1. Section two thousand and nineteen of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred and ninety-four, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 2019. Special withdrawals. — The Director of Posts may, by regulation, provide that withdrawals not in excess of one hundred pesos in each case, or any maximum amount which in the discretion of the Department Head and upon recommendation of the Director of Posts is considered proper and reasonable under the circumstances, may be paid by any local postmaster without first securing authority for such payment from the central office."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 9, 1948
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 44, No. 8, p. 2627 in August 1948
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Amendment to Revised Administrative Code (Postal Savings Bank Special Withdrawals), Republic Act No. 230, Jun 9, 1948 (Philippines)
Amendment to Revised Administrative Code (Postal Savings Bank Special Withdrawals), Republic Act No. 230 (Phil. 1948)
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