An Act Amending Section Eleven of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization and Government of the Moro Province," as Amended by Act Numbered Twelve Hundred and Eighty-Three
Act No. 1391, enacted on September 8, 1905, amends Section 11 of Act No. 787, which governs the Moro Province. The amendment allows Army officers assigned to provincial or district duties in the Moro Province to receive an allowance based on their rank, with officers above the grade of colonel eligible for up to 20% of their yearly pay, and those of the grade of colonel or below eligible for up to 50%. Additionally, these officers can be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred while performing civil duties away from their stations. The Act is effective immediately upon passage, with retroactive provisions effective from July 1, 1905.
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- Act No. 1391
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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September 8, 1905
ACT NO. 1391
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ELEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MORO PROVINCE," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE
SECTION 1. Section eleven of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act providing for the organization and government of the Moro Province," as amended by section four of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and eighty-three, is hereby further amended by making the last sentence of the first paragraph of said section read as follows:
"In case officers of the Army are detailed to perform the duties of provincial or district officials of the Moro Province they may be paid an allowance, in the discretion of the legislative council, as follows: Officers above the grade of colonel, not exceeding twenty per centum, and officers of the grade of colonel and below said grade not exceeding fifty per centum, of their current proper yearly pay as officers of the Army, and they shall also receive the actual and necessary expenses incurred while absent from their stations in the performance of their necessary civil duties."
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, but its provisions shall be retroactive and effective as of July first, nineteen hundred and five.
ENACTED, September 8, 1905.
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An Act Amending Section Eleven of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization and Government of the Moro Province," as Amended by Act Numbered Twelve Hundred and Eighty-Three, Act No. 1391, Sep 8, 1905 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Eleven of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization and Government of the Moro Province," as Amended by Act Numbered Twelve Hundred and Eighty-Three, Act No. 1391 (Phil. 1905)
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