An Act to Amend Act No. 3123
Act No. 3198, approved on December 2, 1924, amends a previous appropriation act for the Philippine government’s fiscal year ending December 31, 1924. It specifically allocates 37,816.32 pesos from the Bureau of Customs' funds to compensate Lung Chea Kung Kee & Co. for 12,500 sacks of flour that were mistakenly delivered to another firm. This payment follows a Supreme Court decision in favor of Lung Chea Kung Kee & Co. against the Insular Collector of Customs. The act takes effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3198
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 2, 1924
ACT NO. 3198
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
SECTION 1. Subsection (Q) of section one of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An Act appropriating funds for the necessary expenses of the Government of the Philippine Islands during the fiscal year ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and for other purposes," is hereby amended by adding, at the end thereof, the following proviso:
"Provided, That out of the funds appropriated for the Bureau of Customs, the sum of thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixteen pesos and thirty-two centavos shall be set aside for payment to Lung Chea Kung Kee & Co. for the twelve thousand five hundred sacks of flour belonging to said company, erroneously delivered to another mercantile firm by a subordinate employee of the Bureau of Customs, according to the decision of the Supreme Court in the case entitled 'Lung Chea Kung Kee & Co. vs. V. Aldanese, Insular Collector of Customs,' R.G. No. 21362."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. SECAHa
Approved, December 2, 1924.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Act No. 3123, Act No. 3198, Dec 2, 1924 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Act No. 3123, Act No. 3198 (Phil. 1924)
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