An Act Amending Section Twenty-eight of Act Numbered Eighty-two, Entitled "The Municipal Code"
Act No. 663, enacted on March 5, 1903, amends Section 28 of the Municipal Code, specifically addressing the interests of municipal officers. It prohibits these officers from having any direct or indirect interest in contracts, cockpits, permitted games, or municipal property transactions. The law emphasizes the importance of public good, allowing for its expedited passage. The Act takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
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- Reference Number
- Act No. 663
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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March 5, 1903
ACT NO. 663
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "THE MUNICIPAL CODE"
SECTION 1. Section twenty-eight, paragraph (a), of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "The Municipal Code," is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 28. (a) No municipal officer shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract work, or cockpits, or other permitted games and amusements, or business of the municipality, or in the purchase of any real estate or any other property belonging to the corporation."
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, March 5, 1903. SaCIDT
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An Act Amending Section Twenty-eight of Act Numbered Eighty-two, Entitled "The Municipal Code", Act No. 663, Mar 5, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Twenty-eight of Act Numbered Eighty-two, Entitled "The Municipal Code", Act No. 663 (Phil. 1903)
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