An Act Amending Act Numbered Six Hundred and Forty, Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Improvement of the Port of Cebu"
Act No. 722, enacted on April 7, 1903, amends Act No. 640 concerning the improvement of the Port of Cebu. The amendment revises Section 5 by changing the deadline for the Consulting Engineer to prepare plans and advertise proposals from "within not more than sixty days" to "on or before May 1, 1903." The law emphasizes the need for prompt action for public benefit and allows for expedited passage. This Act takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 722
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
April 7, 1903
ACT NO. 722
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF CEBU"
SECTION 1. Act Numbered Six hundred and forty, entitled "An Act authorizing the improvement of the port of Cebu," is hereby amended by striking out in section five thereof the phrase "within not more than sixty days from the date of the passage of this Act," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "on or before the first day of May, nineteen hundred and three," so that said section five shall read as follows:
"SEC. 5. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall prepare plans, specifications, and contracts, and advertise for proposals, for the work herein provided for, on or before the first day of May, nineteen hundred and three."
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, April 7, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Act Numbered Six Hundred and Forty, Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Improvement of the Port of Cebu", Act No. 722, Apr 7, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Six Hundred and Forty, Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Improvement of the Port of Cebu", Act No. 722 (Phil. 1903)
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