An Act to Amend Section 4 of Act No. 4121

November 7, 1936

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 139

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, SO AS TO PLACE THE ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION LAWS UNDER THE JURISDICTION AND EXECUTIVE SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Forty-one hundred and twenty-one is hereby amended so as to place the administration of existing Philippine immigration laws under the jurisdiction and executive supervision of the Department of Labor, to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. Bureaus and offices under the Department of Labor. — The Department of Labor shall have executive supervision over the Bureau of Labor, the office of the Inspector General of Labor, and all Bureaus, divisions and offices hereafter created concerning labor alone or labor in its relation with capital, and also the proper enforcement of all laws relative to labor and capital in the Philippines and over all other matters related with the welfare of the Filipino laborers in this country and abroad. It shall also have executive supervision over matters concerning the administration of existing Philippine Immigration Laws."

SECTION 2. The existing Immigration Division in the Bureau of Customs shall be turned into an Immigration Division of the Department of Labor, and the personnel, supplies, records, equipment or any other property pertaining to the said division, and the funds appropriated therefor, shall become consolidated with the personnel, records, funds and other property of the Department of Labor to be used as originally provided. The transfer of funds, personnel, supplies, records, equipment and miscellaneous property, herein authorized, shall be by executive order of President of the Philippines.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven.

Approved, November 7, 1936.