An Act Making Eligible to Civil Office in the Philippine Islands Persons Not Naturalized as Citizens of the United States Who are Honorably Discharged Soldiers or Sailors of the Army or Navy of the United States
Act No. 168, enacted on July 16, 1901, amends the eligibility criteria for civil office in the Philippine Islands to include individuals who have taken an oath of allegiance to the United States and served honorably in its Army or Navy, even if they are not naturalized citizens. This act retroactively validates appointments made prior to its passage for those now deemed eligible and affirms the legitimacy of their official actions. The law emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 168
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 16, 1901
ACT NO. 168
AN ACT MAKING ELIGIBLE TO CIVIL OFFICE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PERSONS NOT NATURALIZED AS CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE HONORABLY DISCHARGED SOLDIERS OR SAILORS OF THE ARMY OR NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES
SECTION 1. The conditions of eligibility to civil office in the Philippine Islands are hereby amended so that any person who has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States and served as a member of the Army or Navy of the United States, and has been honorably discharged therefrom, shall be eligible to civil office in the Philippine Islands, as if he were a legally naturalized citizen of the United States.
SECTION 2. The appointments to civil office prior to the passage of this Act of all persons who by section one hereof are rendered eligible to civil office, are hereby made lawful from the date of said appointments, and all official acts of such appointees are hereby declared to be valid as acts of officers both de jure and de facto.
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, July 16, 1901.
Cite This Law
An Act Making Eligible to Civil Office in the Philippine Islands Persons Not Naturalized as Citizens of the United States Who are Honorably Discharged Soldiers or Sailors of the Army or Navy of the United States, Act No. 168, Jul 16, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Making Eligible to Civil Office in the Philippine Islands Persons Not Naturalized as Citizens of the United States Who are Honorably Discharged Soldiers or Sailors of the Army or Navy of the United States, Act No. 168 (Phil. 1901)
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