An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Five, Appropriating Two Million Dollars, Local Currency, for Expenses in Connection with the Purchase and Distribution of Rice
Act No. 562, enacted on December 18, 1902, amends Act No. 495, which allocated two million dollars for rice purchase and distribution in the Philippines during food scarcity. The amendment removes a specific clause from the original act, streamlining the provisions related to the allocation of funds. The act emphasizes the urgency of addressing food shortages, allowing for expedited legislative procedures. It takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 562
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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December 18, 1902
ACT NO. 562
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, APPROPRIATING TWO MILLION DOLLARS, LOCAL CURRENCY, FOR EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF RICE
SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An Act appropriating the sum of two million dollars, local currency, for expenses in connection with the purchase and distribution of rice to inhabitants of the Philippine Islands in provinces suffering from scarcity of food and for other purposes," is hereby amended by striking out the last clause, beginning with the word, "but" in the fifth line and ending with the word "duties" in the last line of said section.
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, December 18, 1902.
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An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Five, Appropriating Two Million Dollars, Local Currency, for Expenses in Connection with the Purchase and Distribution of Rice, Act No. 562, Dec 18, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Five, Appropriating Two Million Dollars, Local Currency, for Expenses in Connection with the Purchase and Distribution of Rice, Act No. 562 (Phil. 1902)
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