An Act to Provide Compensation or Allowances to Employees of the Municipal Governments in Case of Injury, Death, or Sickness Incurred in Performance of Duty, by Amending Section Six Hundred and Ninety-Nine of the Administrative Code
Commonwealth Act No. 84, enacted on October 26, 1936, amends Section 699 of the Administrative Code to provide compensation and allowances for municipal government employees injured, killed, or sickened while performing their duties. Employees may receive full pay for up to six months during disability, and medical expenses can be covered at the discretion of the department head. In cases of death, reasonable burial expenses and three months' salary may be awarded to dependents. Additional provisions require recommendations from local governing bodies for employees of specific municipalities before disbursements are granted. The Act took effect upon approval.
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- Commonwealth Act No. 84, enacted on October 26, 1936, amends Section 699 of the Administrative Code to provide compensation and allowances for municipal government employees injured, killed, or sickened while performing their duties. Employees may receive full pay for up to six months during disability, and medical expenses can be covered at the discretion of the department head. In cases of death, reasonable burial expenses and three months' salary may be awarded to dependents. Additional provisions require recommendations from local governing bodies for employees of specific municipalities before disbursements are granted. The Act took effect upon approval.
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- An Act to Provide Compensation or Allowances to Employees of the Municipal Governments in Case of Injury, Death, or Sickness Incurred in Performance of Duty, by Amending Section Six Hundred and Ninety-Nine of the Administrative Code (Commonwealth Act No. 84) was enacted on Oct 26, 1936.
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- An Act to Provide Compensation or Allowances to Employees of the Municipal Governments in Case of Injury, Death, or Sickness Incurred in Performance of Duty, by Amending Section Six Hundred and Ninety-Nine of the Administrative Code, Commonwealth Act No. 84, Oct 26, 1936 (Philippines)
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- Commonwealth Act No. 84
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- Philippines
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- Congress of the Philippines
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October 26, 1936
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 84
AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION OR ALLOWANCES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN CASE OF INJURY, DEATH, OR SICKNESS INCURRED IN PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, BY AMENDING SECTION SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
SECTION 1. Section six hundred and ninety-nine of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: TCacIE
"SEC. 699. Allowances in case of injury, death, or sickness incurred in performance of duty. — When a person in the Philippine civil service or in the service of the government of a municipality or municipal district is so injured in the performance of duty as thereby to receive some actual physical hurt or wound, the proper Head of Department may direct that absence during any period of disability thereby occasioned shall be on full pay, though not for more than six months, and in such case he may in his discretion also authorize the payment of the medical attendance, necessary transportation, subsistence, and hospital fees of the injured person. Absence in the case contemplated shall be charged first against vacation leave, if any there be.
"If a person in such service is killed or dies of injuries received or sickness contracted in line of duty, the Department head may authorize the payment of reasonable burial expenses and of three months' salary or wages to the widow or dependent child or children of such deceased person, which shall be in accord with his efficiency and service to the Government.
"In case sickness follows as a direct and immediate consequence of the performance of some act in the line of duty the Department head may in his discretion authorize the payment of the necessary hospital fees.
"For employees of the City of Manila the time allowance and disbursements contemplated above shall not be granted except upon recommendation of the Municipal Board of the city, with the prior approval of the Secretary of the Interior; in the case of employees of a provincial government, upon the recommendation of the provincial board; and in the case of employees of a municipal or municipal district government, upon the recommendation of the municipal council or municipal district president, as the case may be."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, October 26, 1936.
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An Act to Provide Compensation or Allowances to Employees of the Municipal Governments in Case of Injury, Death, or Sickness Incurred in Performance of Duty, by Amending Section Six Hundred and Ninety-Nine of the Administrative Code, Commonwealth Act No. 84, Oct 26, 1936 (Philippines)
An Act to Provide Compensation or Allowances to Employees of the Municipal Governments in Case of Injury, Death, or Sickness Incurred in Performance of Duty, by Amending Section Six Hundred and Ninety-Nine of the Administrative Code, Commonwealth Act No. 84 (Phil. 1936)
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