Republic Act No. 626, enacted on June 5, 1951, allocates four million pesos from the National Treasury to cover expenses related to the election of provincial, city, and municipal officials, as well as eight senators, scheduled for November 13, 1951. The funds are designated for costs incurred by the National Government and require approval from the Commission on Elections. This appropriation also includes the National Government's share of election expenses as outlined in the Revised Election Code. The Act took effect upon approval and was published in the Official Gazette in July 1951.
June 5, 1951
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 626
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOUR 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 IN NOVEMBER THIRTEEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE
SECTION 1. Out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated there is hereby appropriated the sum of four 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 thirteen, nineteen hundred and fifty-one of the elective provincial, city and municipal official and of the eight senators who will succeed those whose terms of office will expire on December thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one. 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 twenty-four of the Revised Election Code.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 5, 1951.
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 3325 in July 1951