Forbidding Bonded Officers or Employees from Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without Securing a Certificate from the Insular Auditor
Act No. 1605, enacted on March 12, 1907, prohibits bonded officers and employees of the Insular Government, as well as provincial, municipal, and city governments in the Philippines, from leaving the country without obtaining a clearance certificate from the Insular Auditor. This certificate confirms that their accounts have been settled. Violators may face imprisonment for up to six months, a fine of up to one thousand pesos, or both. Additionally, the act repeals a previous law that classified such departures as a misdemeanor. The law emphasizes the necessity of expedient governance for the public good.
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- What is Forbidding Bonded Officers or Employees from Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without Securing a Certificate from the Insular Auditor about?
- Act No. 1605, enacted on March 12, 1907, prohibits bonded officers and employees of the Insular Government, as well as provincial, municipal, and city governments in the Philippines, from leaving the country without obtaining a clearance certificate from the Insular Auditor. This certificate confirms that their accounts have been settled. Violators may face imprisonment for up to six months, a fine of up to one thousand pesos, or both. Additionally, the act repeals a previous law that classified such departures as a misdemeanor. The law emphasizes the necessity of expedient governance for the public good.
- What type of law is Act No. 1605?
- Forbidding Bonded Officers or Employees from Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without Securing a Certificate from the Insular Auditor (Act No. 1605) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Forbidding Bonded Officers or Employees from Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without Securing a Certificate from the Insular Auditor enacted?
- Forbidding Bonded Officers or Employees from Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without Securing a Certificate from the Insular Auditor (Act No. 1605) was enacted on Mar 12, 1907.
- What is the citation for Forbidding Bonded Officers or Employees from Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without Securing a Certificate from the Insular Auditor?
- Forbidding Bonded Officers or Employees from Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without Securing a Certificate from the Insular Auditor, Act No. 1605, Mar 12, 1907 (Philippines)
Law Information
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- Act No. 1605
- Date Enacted
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 12, 1907
ACT NO. 1605
AN ACT FORBIDDING, UNDER PENALTY, BONDED OFFICERS OR BONDED EMPLOYEES, OR FORMER BONDED OFFICERS OR BONDED EMPLOYEES, OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT, OR OF ANY PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OR OF THE CITY OF MANILA, FROM LEAVING OR ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WITHOUT FIRST SECURING A CERTIFICATE FROM THE INSULAR AUDITOR, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE
SECTION 1. No bonded officer or bonded employee of the Insular Government, or of any provincial or municipal government in the Philippine Islands, or of the city of Manila, whether in the actual service of such government or separated therefrom, shall leave or attempt to leave the Philippine Islands without first securing a certificate from the Insular Auditor showing that his accounts with the government of which he is or was such bonded officer or bonded employee have been finally settled by said Auditor. Every such officer or employee violating any of the provisions of this Act shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding six months, or by a fine of not more than one thousand pesos, or both, in the discretion of the court.
SECTION 2. Act Numbered Eleven hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act declaring any bonded officer or employee of the Civil Government who leaves or attempts to leave the Philippine Islands without first securing a clearance from the Auditor to be guilty of a misdemeanor," is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. ISHCcT
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, March 12, 1907.
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Forbidding Bonded Officers or Employees from Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without Securing a Certificate from the Insular Auditor, Act No. 1605, Mar 12, 1907 (Philippines)
Forbidding Bonded Officers or Employees from Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without Securing a Certificate from the Insular Auditor, Act No. 1605 (Phil. 1907)
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