An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six, Designating a New Time Limit for the Filing of Applications for Retirement, and for Other Purposes

February 24, 1920

ACT NO. 2891

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, DESIGNATING A NEW TIME LIMIT FOR THE FILING OF APPLICATIONS FOR RETIREMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. Section One of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and ninety-six is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. For the benefit of the officers or employees at present in the service of the Government of the Philippine Islands, the time limit for the filing of applications for retirement gratuities under Act Numbered Twenty-five hundred and eighty-nine, entitled 'An Act providing for a gratuity by reason of retirement to officers and employees of the Philippine Government who have rendered satisfactory service during six continuous years or more and for other purposes,' is hereby extended until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty. The years of continuous faithful and satisfactory service rendered by the applicant, as provided by said Act Numbered Twenty-five hundred and eighty-nine shall, for the purposes of this act, be computed until the date on which the applicant files his application within the new time limit, or until said June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, but not thereafter." ATICcS

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 24, 1920.