Appropriating Funds to Defray Expenses for the Election of Elective Provincial, City and Municipal Officials and Eight Senators
Republic Act No. 147, enacted on June 14, 1947, allocates one million pesos from the National Treasury to cover expenses for the upcoming elections of provincial, city, and municipal officials, as well as eight senators, scheduled for November 11, 1947. The funds are subject to the approval of the Commission on Elections and will be used to fulfill the National Government's financial obligations related to the election, as outlined in the Election Code. This Act takes effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette in July 1947.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 147
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 14, 1947
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 147
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION OF ELECTIVE PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND OF THE EIGHT SENATORS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER ELEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN
SECTION 1. Out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated there is hereby appropriated the sum of one million pesos for the payment, subject to the approval of the Commission on Elections, of the expenses which may be incurred by the National Government in the holding of the election on November eleven, nineteen hundred and forty-seven of the elective provincial, city and municipal officials and of the eight senators who will succeed those whose terms of office will expire on December thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, provided for in Republic Act Numbered Forty-five. The sum herein appropriated shall be liable for the corresponding share of the National Government in the expenses of the election, in accordance with section nineteen of the Election Code. cdt
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 14, 1947
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 43, No. 7, p. 2594 in July 1947
Cite This Law
Appropriating Funds to Defray Expenses for the Election of Elective Provincial, City and Municipal Officials and Eight Senators, Republic Act No. 147, Jun 14, 1947 (Philippines)
Appropriating Funds to Defray Expenses for the Election of Elective Provincial, City and Municipal Officials and Eight Senators, Republic Act No. 147 (Phil. 1947)
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