An Act for the Purpose of Empowering Provincial Boards to Subpoena Witnesses and to Require Testimony under Oath in Conducting Certain Investigations, and for Other Purposes
Act No. 1126, enacted on April 28, 1904, empowers provincial boards in the Philippines to subpoena witnesses and compel testimony under oath during certain investigations, particularly those involving suspended municipal officials and justices of the peace. The act allows these boards to enforce attendance and require the production of relevant documents, similar to the powers of justices of the peace. Additionally, it grants the Civil Governor the discretion to disqualify removed municipal officers from holding future office, either temporarily or permanently. The act emphasizes the importance of prompt action for public good and becomes effective immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1126
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
April 28, 1904
ACT NO. 1126
AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EMPOWERING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO SUBPOENA WITNESSES AND TO REQUIRE TESTIMONY UNDER OATH IN CONDUCTING CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. In all investigations conducted under the provisions of Act Numbered Three hundred and fourteen, entitled "An Act amending the Provincial Government Act so as to provide a more simple method of procedure in cases of suspended municipal officials and justices of the peace," the provincial board is hereby empowered to require by subpoena the presence of the accused officer and the attendance and testimony under oath of witnesses, as also the production of all records, books, papers, and documents relating to the matter under investigation, and to that end and for that purpose shall have power to enforce attendance of witnesses and require them to testify, and to maintain order, in the same manner and to the same extent as justices of the peace are required to do by Act Numbered One hundred and ninety. AHDacC
SECTION 2. In all cases where the Civil Governor shall remove any municipal officer or justice of the peace from office, he is hereby empowered, in his discretion, to declare such official disqualified thereafter from holding office. Such disqualification may be either temporary or permanent.
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.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, April 28, 1904.
Cite This Law
An Act for the Purpose of Empowering Provincial Boards to Subpoena Witnesses and to Require Testimony under Oath in Conducting Certain Investigations, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 1126, Apr 28, 1904 (Philippines)
An Act for the Purpose of Empowering Provincial Boards to Subpoena Witnesses and to Require Testimony under Oath in Conducting Certain Investigations, and for Other Purposes, Act No. 1126 (Phil. 1904)
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