An Act Empowering the Civil Governor to Authorize Any Provincial Governor or the Chief of the Philippines Constabulary to Offer a Reward of Any Sum Not Exceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, Local Currency, for Information Leading to the Capture and Conviction of the Perpetrators of Any Murder or Robbery or of the Members of Any Band of Brigands in the Archipelago
Act No. 522, enacted on November 17, 1902, authorizes the Civil Governor of the Philippines to offer rewards up to $2,500 for information leading to the capture and conviction of individuals involved in murder, robbery, or banditry, as well as escaped convicts. The provincial governors and the Chief of the Constabulary can also be granted this authority. The rewards are to be funded by the Insular Treasury, with provisions for advertising the offers. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
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- Act No. 522
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 17, 1902
ACT NO. 522
AN ACT EMPOWERING THE CIVIL GOVERNOR TO AUTHORIZE ANY PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OR THE CHIEF OF THE PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY TO OFFER A REWARD OF ANY SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, LOCAL CURRENCY, FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE CAPTURE AND CONVICTION OF THE PERPETRATORS OF ANY MURDER OR ROBBERY OR OF THE MEMBERS OF ANY BAND OF BRIGANDS IN THE ARCHIPELAGO
SECTION 1. The Civil Governor is hereby empowered himself to offer, or to grant authority to the provincial governor of any province, or the Chief of the Constabulary to offer, a reward not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, local currency, for information leading to the capture and conviction of a member of a band of brigands, or of the perpetrator of any murder or robbery or any other crime, or for information leading to the capture of an escaped convict.
SECTION 2. The rewards the offer of which are authorized in the preceding section, shall be paid out of the Insular Treasury upon appropriation duly made. The officer offering the reward is authorized to incur the expense of properly advertising the same, and such expense shall be paid out of the Treasury of the Islands from appropriation duly made.
SECTION 3. 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. CAIHTE
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, November 17, 1902.
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An Act Empowering the Civil Governor to Authorize Any Provincial Governor or the Chief of the Philippines Constabulary to Offer a Reward of Any Sum Not Exceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, Local Currency, for Information Leading to the Capture and Conviction of the Perpetrators of Any Murder or Robbery or of the Members of Any Band of Brigands in the Archipelago, Act No. 522, Nov 17, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act Empowering the Civil Governor to Authorize Any Provincial Governor or the Chief of the Philippines Constabulary to Offer a Reward of Any Sum Not Exceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, Local Currency, for Information Leading to the Capture and Conviction of the Perpetrators of Any Murder or Robbery or of the Members of Any Band of Brigands in the Archipelago, Act No. 522 (Phil. 1902)
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