H. No. 900 / 45 OG No. 4, 1176 (April, 1947)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 100, April 16, 1947 ]

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ANY COMMISSIONER OF THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF, ATTORNEYS OF THE LEGAL AID OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, TO ADMINISTER OATHS ON CLAIM PAPERS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. In addition to the officers and employees of the Government authorized by existing law to administer oaths, any Commissioner of the Philippines War Damage Commission who is a citizen of the Philippines, or any officer or employee thereof who is likewise a citizen of the Philippines and duly authorized by said Commission, attorneys of the Legal Aid Office of the Department of Justice and public schools teachers and other school officials, shall have authority to administer oaths on claim forms, affidavits, and other documents presented to, or filed with, the Philippine War Damage Commission created by Public Law Numbered Three hundred and seventy, seventy-ninth Congress of the United States, approved April thirty, nineteen hundred and forty-six:Provided, however, That, with the excemption of the Commissioners, officers or employees of the Philippine War damage Commission, as well as the attorneys of the Legal Aid Office of the Department of Justice, who shall not collect any fee for their services, such officers and employees of the Government authorized under existing law to administer oaths, may collect for each oath a fee of not more than fifty centavos: Provided, further, That no documentary stamp shall be required to affixed to any claim papers, affidavits or other documents to be submitted to, or filed  with, the Philippine War Damage Commission.

SEC. 2. The Persons therein authorize to administer oaths, shall not be required to keep or use a seal or to keep a register of their official acts in the performance of the actions hereinabove set forth.SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved, April 16, 1947.

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