Appropriation of Funds for November 1967 Local and Senatorial Elections

June 17, 1967

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4915

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTEEN MILLION PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CONNECTION WITH, AND INCIDENTAL TO, THE ELECTIONS OF ELECTIVE PROVINCIAL, CITY, MUNICIPAL AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OFFICIALS AND EIGHT SENATORS TO BE HELD ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen million pesos to be spent under the exclusive authority of the Commission on Elections, for payment of expenses which the National Government may incur in connection with, and incidental to, the holding of the elections on the second Tuesday of November, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven, for all elective provincial, city, municipal and municipal district officials, and for eight senators: Provided, That this appropriation shall be immediately available to the Commission on Elections for expenditure before July one, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven and shall continue to be available after June thirty, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight and until all the expenses of said elections shall have been paid, and shall be given priority of release upon request of the Commission on Elections: Provided, further, That the Commission on Elections is authorized to spend such sums as may be necessary for the implementation of the registration law provided under Republic Act Numbered Three thousand five hundred and eighty-eight, as amended.

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

Approved: June 17, 1967

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 65, No. 7, p. 1538 on February 17, 1969