Extending the Provisions of the Public-Bonding Law to Certain Employees of Companies
Act No. 2853, approved on March 11, 1919, amends the Administrative Code to extend the bonding provisions of the Public-Bonding Law to employees of government-owned companies. It establishes that all officers, agents, and employees who handle funds or property are considered bondable and must have their fidelity insured, with the exception of justices of the peace, excluding those in Manila. The Act aims to ensure accountability and protect public funds by mandating bonding for relevant employees. It takes effect upon approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2853
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 11, 1919
ACT NO. 2853
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC-BONDING LAW TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF COMPANIES THE MAJORITY OF THE STOCK OF WHICH IS HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT
SECTION 1. Section three hundred and fourteen of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 314. Persons bondable in the fidelity fund. — Every officer, agent, and employee of the Government of the Philippine Islands or of the companies or corporations the majority of the stock of which is held by the Insular Government shall, whenever the nature of the duties performed by such officer, agent or employee permits or requires the custody of funds or property for which he is accountable, be deemed a bondable officer; and except as otherwise provided every such person shall be bonded, or bondable, and his fidelity insured, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
"Justices of the peace, with the exception of the justice of the peace of the city of Manila, are excluded from the bonding requirements of this chapter."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved: March 11, 1919.
Cite This Law
Extending the Provisions of the Public-Bonding Law to Certain Employees of Companies, Act No. 2853, Mar 11, 1919 (Philippines)
Extending the Provisions of the Public-Bonding Law to Certain Employees of Companies, Act No. 2853 (Phil. 1919)
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