An Act to Confirm and Ratify the Action of Municipal Presidents in Administering Oaths to Enumerators and Special Agents of the Census
Act No. 779, enacted on May 29, 1903, confirms and ratifies the actions of municipal presidents in administering oaths to census enumerators and special agents, deeming such actions compliant with the law. Importantly, it stipulates that no prosecutions for perjury can arise from these oaths. The act emphasizes the necessity for prompt legislative action for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 779
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
May 29, 1903
ACT NO. 779
AN ACT TO CONFIRM AND RATIFY THE ACTION OF MUNICIPAL PRESIDENTS IN ADMINISTERING OATHS TO ENUMERATORS AND SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE CENSUS
SECTION 1. The action of municipal presidents in administering oaths to enumerators and special agents of the Census is hereby confirmed and ratified as sufficient compliance with the law, but no prosecution for perjury shall be founded on such oaths.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, May 29, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act to Confirm and Ratify the Action of Municipal Presidents in Administering Oaths to Enumerators and Special Agents of the Census, Act No. 779, May 29, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act to Confirm and Ratify the Action of Municipal Presidents in Administering Oaths to Enumerators and Special Agents of the Census, Act No. 779 (Phil. 1903)
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