An Act to Amend Act Numbered Six Hundred and Seventy-Two, Amending Act Numbered Seventy-Four, Establishing a Department of Public Instruction, and its Amendments, as to the Status of the Assistant to the General Superintendent of Education
Act No. 727, enacted on April 7, 1903, amends previous legislation regarding the Department of Public Instruction in the Philippines. It establishes that the status of the assistant to the General Superintendent of Education will align with that of the General Superintendent, division superintendents, and public school teachers under the Civil Service Law. The Act also retroactively legalizes salary payments for services rendered by an assistant appointed without Civil Service Law compliance. Additionally, the Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for public benefit and takes effect immediately.
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- Act No. 727
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
April 7, 1903
ACT NO. 727
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND ITS AMENDMENTS, AS TO THE STATUS OF THE ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
SECTION 1. Act Numbered Six hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended by Acts Numbered Four hundred and seventy-seven and Five hundred and twenty-five, by providing for an assistant to the General Superintendent of Education, for the reduction of the number of school divisions to thirty-five, for the traveling expenses of the General Superintendent, assistant to the General Superintendent, and division superintendents, and for other purposes," is hereby amended by inserting in paragraph (b) of section one of said Act, at the close of the first sentence therein, the following: "Provided, That the status of the assistant to the General Superintendent of Education in reference to the requirements of the Civil Service Law shall be the same as that of the General Superintendent, the division superintendents, and the teachers of public schools."
SECTION 2. This Act shall be retroactive in so far as to authorize and make legal the payment of salary for services rendered by a person appointed to the position of assistant to the General Superintendent without a compliance with the Civil Service Law.
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 7, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Six Hundred and Seventy-Two, Amending Act Numbered Seventy-Four, Establishing a Department of Public Instruction, and its Amendments, as to the Status of the Assistant to the General Superintendent of Education, Act No. 727, Apr 7, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Six Hundred and Seventy-Two, Amending Act Numbered Seventy-Four, Establishing a Department of Public Instruction, and its Amendments, as to the Status of the Assistant to the General Superintendent of Education, Act No. 727 (Phil. 1903)
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