Amendment to Sec. 186 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)
Act No. 3252, approved on December 1, 1925, amends Section 186 of the Administrative Code to clarify the roles of officers acting as sheriff in the City of Manila and the provinces of the former Department of Mindanao and Sulu. It designates the clerk of the Court of First Instance of the Ninth Judicial District in Manila as the sheriff, while local clerks or their deputies will fulfill this role in other provinces. Additionally, it states that in provinces where the Election Law applies to the election of provincial governors, Section 187 of the Code will govern. The Act takes effect immediately upon approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3252
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 1, 1925
ACT NO. 3252
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
SECTION 1. Section one hundred and eighty-six of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section a proviso, so that it shall read as follows:
"SEC. 186. Officers in function of sheriff ex officio. — In the City of Manila the clerk of the Court of First Instance of the Ninth Judicial District shall exercise the functions of sheriff. In the several provinces of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu said functions shall be exercised by the respective clerks of the Court of First Instance in said provinces, or by the local deputy of the clerk of the said court, if there be no such clerk in the province: Provided, however, That in the provinces of the former Department of Mindanao and Sulu to which the provisions of the Election Law have been made extensive for the election of their provincial governors, the provisions of section one hundred and eighty-seven of this Code shall govern."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. cDAITS
Approved, December 1, 1925.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Sec. 186 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3252, Dec 1, 1925 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 186 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3252 (Phil. 1925)
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