[ Act No. 3367, December 03, 1927 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TEN AND TWENTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION AND PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES AND POWERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:    SECTION 1. Section ten of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and eight, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 10. The Commission shall have its office in the City of Manila at such place as may be designated, and any of the Commissioners may hold hearings on any proceedings at such times and places, within the Philippine Islands, as it may provide by order in writing: Provided, That during the months of April and May of each year, only one of the Commissioners shall be on duty and the other two shall be on vacation, in such manner that each Commissioner shall be on duty during the vacation months once every three years: Provided, further, That nothing hereinbefore provided shall prevent any of the Commissioners from rendering service and remaining on duty during the vacation months when the interest of the public service requires it: Provided, finally, That notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Commissioners shall be entitled to accrued leave privileges in the manner prescribed for judges of Courts of First Instance."

SEC. 2. Section twenty-four, letter (c), of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and eight, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 24 (c). The Public Service Commissioner, the Associate Commissioners, the Chiefs of Division, and Deputy Secretaries shall have the power to administer oaths in all matters coming under the jurisdiction of the Commission."

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved, December 3, 1927.

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