Grant of Compensation to Wife or Legitimate Children Under 21 Years of Age of Senator or Representative Who Dies During Term of Office
Act No. 3799, enacted on December 4, 1930, provides compensation to the widow or legitimate children under the age of twenty-one of any Senator or Representative who dies during their term. The compensation amounts to one year's salary of the deceased official, payable upon proof of death. The Act appropriates twenty-one thousand pesos from the Insular Treasury for this purpose, with future funding to be included in annual appropriations. The law took effect immediately upon approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3799
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 4, 1930
ACT NO. 3799
AN ACT GRANTING CERTAIN COMPENSATION TO THE WIFE OR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF ANY SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE WHO DIES DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. Upon the death of any member of the Senate or House of Representatives during his term of office, his widow or, in default thereof, his legitimate children under the age of twenty-one years shall be paid a compensation equivalent to the total of one year's salary of such deceased Senator or Representative, upon presentation of proof of his death.
SECTION 2. The sum of twenty-one thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be placed at the disposal of the Senate or House of Representatives for the payment of the compensation herein authorized to the widow or children of any Senator or Representative who may have died during the Eighth Legislature. Hereafter, the sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be provided in the annual appropriation acts.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, December 4, 1930.
Cite This Law
Grant of Compensation to Wife or Legitimate Children Under 21 Years of Age of Senator or Representative Who Dies During Term of Office, Act No. 3799, Dec 4, 1930 (Philippines)
Grant of Compensation to Wife or Legitimate Children Under 21 Years of Age of Senator or Representative Who Dies During Term of Office, Act No. 3799 (Phil. 1930)
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