Amendments to Secs. 2 and 3 of Act No. 4059
Act No. 4110, enacted on December 6, 1933, addresses the national economic emergency in the Philippines, primarily due to high unemployment. It amends sections of Act No. 4059 concerning public works appropriations, stipulating that any unspent funds by December 31, 1934, will revert to the Insular Treasury and require legislative appropriation for future use. The act allows the Secretary of Public Works and Communications discretion over certain appropriated sums, while ensuring that funds can only be expended if they have accrued as income for the current fiscal year, with necessary approvals from the Governor-General and the Secretary of Finance. The act aims to provide immediate economic relief and will take effect upon approval.
Quick Answers
- What is Amendments to Secs. 2 and 3 of Act No. 4059 about?
- Act No. 4110, enacted on December 6, 1933, addresses the national economic emergency in the Philippines, primarily due to high unemployment. It amends sections of Act No. 4059 concerning public works appropriations, stipulating that any unspent funds by December 31, 1934, will revert to the Insular Treasury and require legislative appropriation for future use. The act allows the Secretary of Public Works and Communications discretion over certain appropriated sums, while ensuring that funds can only be expended if they have accrued as income for the current fiscal year, with necessary approvals from the Governor-General and the Secretary of Finance. The act aims to provide immediate economic relief and will take effect upon approval.
- What type of law is Act No. 4110?
- Amendments to Secs. 2 and 3 of Act No. 4059 (Act No. 4110) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Amendments to Secs. 2 and 3 of Act No. 4059 enacted?
- Amendments to Secs. 2 and 3 of Act No. 4059 (Act No. 4110) was enacted on Dec 6, 1933.
- What is the citation for Amendments to Secs. 2 and 3 of Act No. 4059?
- Amendments to Secs. 2 and 3 of Act No. 4059, Act No. 4110, Dec 6, 1933 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 4110
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 6, 1933
ACT NO. 4110
AN ACT TO PROVIDE RELIEF IN THE EXISTING NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY BY AMENDING SECTIONS TWO AND THREE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC WORKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the Legislature hereby declares that a national economic emergency exists due in part to acute unemployment throughout the Islands and that it is imperative for the Government to act and prescribe ways and means to remedy the situation: Now, therefore
SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four thousand and fifty-nine is hereby amended to read as follows: SIaHDA
"SEC. 2. All balances of appropriations made by this Act remaining unexpended on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, shall revert to the unappropriated funds in the Insular Treasury, and thereafter shall not be available for expenditure except upon appropriation by the Legislature."
SECTION 2. Section three of Act Numbered Four thousand and fifty-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 3. The sums appropriated in paragraphs (a), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (l), (ll), (q), (s), and (u) shall be released and distributed in the discretion of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications: Provided, That no funds shall be expended from the appropriations in the other paragraphs of this Act, which shall not have accrued as income for the current fiscal year from the regular sources of revenue and only with the approval of the Governor-General and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Finance to this effect: Provided, further, That in case there are no sufficient funds accruing as income for the current fiscal year from the regular sources of revenue to cover the appropriations herein made, any deficiency may be met with any surplus in the general fund or any reserve of other funds which may be made available therefor upon recommendation of the Secretary of Finance, and approval of the Governor-General."
SECTION 3 This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, December 6, 1933.
Cite This Law
Amendments to Secs. 2 and 3 of Act No. 4059, Act No. 4110, Dec 6, 1933 (Philippines)
Amendments to Secs. 2 and 3 of Act No. 4059, Act No. 4110 (Phil. 1933)
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