An Act Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands," as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Seventy-Four
Act No. 851, enacted on August 26, 1903, amends Act No. 82 regarding the organization of municipal governments in the Philippines. It allows provincial boards to immediately apply certain provisions of the act to specific roads when deemed necessary for public interest, despite the act's general implementation date being set for December 1, 1903. The act emphasizes the need for prompt action for the public good and was expedited in its passage. It takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
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- Act No. 851
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 26, 1903
ACT NO. 851
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "A GENERAL ACT FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-four, amending paragraph (j) of section forty-three of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph: AcICHD
"Notwithstanding the fact that, by its terms, this Act shall not go into general effect throughout the provinces until the first day of December, nineteen hundred and three, provincial boards are hereby authorized to apply the provisions hereof immediately to any particular road or roads in the province, whenever in their judgment such protection is required and the public interest will not otherwise be prejudiced."
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, August 26, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands," as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Seventy-Four, Act No. 851, Aug 26, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands," as Amended by Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Seventy-Four, Act No. 851 (Phil. 1903)
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