Full Title
AN ACT TO PENALIZE ANY VIOLATION OF SECTION 17, ARTICLE VI, OR SUBSECTION (2), SECTION 11, ARTICLE VII, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED.
Congress
2nd National Assembly
Date of Approval
June 6, 1941

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Commonwealth Act
Subjects
Civil Service Ethics
Public officers -- Prohibition
Public officers -- Professional ethics
Constitution -- Amendments
Congress -- Senate
Congress -- House of Representatives
Major Topic
Public Accountability

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 40 no. 1 page 41 (7/5/1941)

Full Text of Issuance

[ Commonwealth Act No. 626, June 07, 1941 ]

AN ACT TO PENALIZE ANY VIOLATION OF SECTION IT, ARTICLE VI, OR SUBSECTION (2), SECTION 11, ARTICLE VII, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED.

Be it enacted by  the National Assembly of the Philippines:SECTION.  1. Any person violating section seventeen, Article VI, or subsection  (2), section 11, Article VII, of the Constitution of the Philippines, as amended, shall be punished by fine of not more than  five thousand pesos, or by imprisonment of not more than two years, or by both, and, in addition  thereto, shall be subject to such administrative or proper action.SEC.  2. This Act shall take effect upon its  approval.Approved, June 7, 1941

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