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RA 147 - An Act Appropriating the Sum of One 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 on November Eleven, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven

June 14, 1947Civil Law

Republic Act No. 147

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

Out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated there is hereby appropriated the sum of one 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 eleven, nineteen hundred and forty-seven of the elective provincial, city and municipal officials and of the eight senators who will succeed those whose terms of office will expire on December thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, provided for in Republic Act Numbered Forty-five. 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 nineteen of the Election Code.

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 14, 1947.

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RA 147 - An Act Appropriating the Sum of One 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 on November Eleven, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Seven. BatasPH. Approved June 14, 1947. https://batasph.thirdygayares.com/republic-acts/republic-act-no-147

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