An Act Providing for the Temporary Assignment of Officials and Employees to Perform the Duties of Heads of Bureaus, and of Other Officials or Employees in Case of the Temporary Absence or Inability of the Official who By Law is Entrusted with the Performance of Such Duties
Act No. 408, enacted on May 28, 1902, allows for the temporary assignment of officials and employees to perform the duties of absent or disabled heads of offices or bureaus in the Philippines. Designations are made by the Secretary of the relevant Department or, in cases where there is no departmental oversight, by the Civil Governor. Similarly, subordinate officers can be temporarily assigned to cover for absent or disabled colleagues by the head of the office or bureau. These assignments are to be performed without additional compensation, emphasizing the need for continuity in public service. The Act underscores the importance of swift legislative action for the public good and took effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 408, enacted on May 28, 1902, allows for the temporary assignment of officials and employees to perform the duties of absent or disabled heads of offices or bureaus in the Philippines. Designations are made by the Secretary of the relevant Department or, in cases where there is no departmental oversight, by the Civil Governor. Similarly, subordinate officers can be temporarily assigned to cover for absent or disabled colleagues by the head of the office or bureau. These assignments are to be performed without additional compensation, emphasizing the need for continuity in public service. The Act underscores the importance of swift legislative action for the public good and took effect immediately upon passage.
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- An Act Providing for the Temporary Assignment of Officials and Employees to Perform the Duties of Heads of Bureaus, and of Other Officials or Employees in Case of the Temporary Absence or Inability of the Official who By Law is Entrusted with the Performance of Such Duties (Act No. 408) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act Providing for the Temporary Assignment of Officials and Employees to Perform the Duties of Heads of Bureaus, and of Other Officials or Employees in Case of the Temporary Absence or Inability of the Official who By Law is Entrusted with the Performance of Such Duties (Act No. 408) was enacted on May 28, 1902.
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- An Act Providing for the Temporary Assignment of Officials and Employees to Perform the Duties of Heads of Bureaus, and of Other Officials or Employees in Case of the Temporary Absence or Inability of the Official who By Law is Entrusted with the Performance of Such Duties, Act No. 408, May 28, 1902 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 408
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- Philippines
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- Congress of the Philippines
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May 28, 1902
ACT NO. 408
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF HEADS OF BUREAUS, AND OF OTHER OFFICIALS OR EMPLOYEES IN CASE OF THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OR INABILITY OF THE OFFICIAL WHO BY LAW IS ENTRUSTED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH DUTIES
SECTION 1. In case of the temporary absence or disability of the head of any Office or Bureau established by law, any official or employee in the Office or Bureau may be designated by the Secretary of the Department under which the Office or Bureau is established, temporarily to perform the duties of such head during such absence or disability, and it shall be the duty of the person so designated to perform the duties of the head of the Office or Bureau without additional compensation. In case the Office or Bureau is not by law under the charge of the Secretary of any Department, then the designation in this section provided shall be made by the Civil Governor.
SECTION 2. In case of the temporary absence or disability of any subordinate officer or employee in any Office or Bureau, the head of such Office or Bureau may designate any other subordinate official or employee in the Office or Bureau temporarily to perform the duties of the official or employee who is thus absent or disabled, and it shall be the duty of the person so designated to perform the duties so assigned to him, without additional compensation.
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, May 28, 1902.
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An Act Providing for the Temporary Assignment of Officials and Employees to Perform the Duties of Heads of Bureaus, and of Other Officials or Employees in Case of the Temporary Absence or Inability of the Official who By Law is Entrusted with the Performance of Such Duties, Act No. 408, May 28, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act Providing for the Temporary Assignment of Officials and Employees to Perform the Duties of Heads of Bureaus, and of Other Officials or Employees in Case of the Temporary Absence or Inability of the Official who By Law is Entrusted with the Performance of Such Duties, Act No. 408 (Phil. 1902)
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