An Act Authorizing the Suspension of Sentences Imposed upon Citizens of the United States in Certain Cases, Providing for the Transportation of Convicted Vagrants to the United States, and Making a Permanent Appropriation therefor
Act No. 899, enacted on September 24, 1903, allows for the suspension of sentences for U.S. citizens convicted of vagrancy in the Philippines, provided they agree to leave the islands for up to ten years. If the sentence is suspended, the convicted individual may be temporarily held at Bilibid Prison until transportation back to the United States can be arranged. The Act also includes a provision for funding necessary expenses related to this process from the Insular Treasury. It emphasizes the urgency of its implementation for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 899
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 24, 1903
ACT NO. 899
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SUSPENSION OF SENTENCES IMPOSED UPON CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES IN CERTAIN CASES, PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF CONVICTED VAGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES, AND MAKING A PERMANENT APPROPRIATION THEREFOR
SECTION 1. Upon the conviction of any citizen of the United States under Act Numbered Five hundred and nineteen, entitled "An Act defining vagrancy and providing for punishment therefor," the court may suspend sentence, conditioned upon the convict leaving the Philippine Islands and not returning thereto for a period of not more than ten years; and the fulfillment of this obligation shall be deemed as an extinguishment of the prescribed sentence.
SECTION 2. In such cases the court or judge may order the removal of the convict to Bilibid Prison, in the city of Manila, there to remain in custody until he can be placed upon a steamer returning to the United States. This order shall be executed in the manner prescribed by the Civil Governor in each case.
SECTION 3. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount sufficient to pay the actual and necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, September 24, 1903.
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An Act Authorizing the Suspension of Sentences Imposed upon Citizens of the United States in Certain Cases, Providing for the Transportation of Convicted Vagrants to the United States, and Making a Permanent Appropriation therefor, Act No. 899, Sep 24, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing the Suspension of Sentences Imposed upon Citizens of the United States in Certain Cases, Providing for the Transportation of Convicted Vagrants to the United States, and Making a Permanent Appropriation therefor, Act No. 899 (Phil. 1903)
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