Amendment to Sec. 3 of Act No. 3798
Act No. 4216, approved on August 5, 1935, amends Section 3 of Act No. 3798, which pertains to the reclassification of provinces in the Philippines. The Secretary of the Interior is tasked with readjusting the classification of provinces every five years based on established rules. Officials in provinces that are downgraded can maintain their current salaries until the next classification readjustment. Additionally, specific salary caps are set for provincial governors, treasurers, and health officers in certain provinces, subject to approval by higher authorities. The Act takes effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 4216
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 5, 1935
ACT NO. 4216
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT RECLASSIFYING THE PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FIXING THE COMPENSATIONS OF THE OFFICERS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
SECTION 1. Section three of Act Numbered Thirty-seven hundred and ninety-eight is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 3. In order to carry out the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall, beginning with the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one and for each period of five consecutive years thereafter, readjust the classification of the provinces on the basis of the rules established by this Act; Provided, That in the provinces which are reduced in class by virtue of the provisions of this Act, the officials thereof may continue receiving the same rates of salaries which are authorized for their respective positions at the time of the approval of this Act until the next readjustment of the classification of the provinces: Provided, further, That the provincial governors, treasurers, and the district health officers of Bukidnon, Cotabato, Lanao, Mountain Province and Sulu, and the district health officer of Palawan, notwithstanding the provisions of this Act may receive such salaries as the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Public Instruction, as the case may be, may fix with the approval of the Governor-General in no case to exceed six thousand pesos per annum in the case of the provincial governors, five thousand pesos per annum in the case of the provincial treasurers, and four thousand pesos per annum in the case of the district health officers."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, August 5, 1935.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Sec. 3 of Act No. 3798, Act No. 4216, Aug 5, 1935 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 3 of Act No. 3798, Act No. 4216 (Phil. 1935)
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