Full Title
AN ACT TO MAKE THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF A PROVINCE EX OFFICIO SHERIFF NOT ONLY OF SUCH PROVINCE BUT ALSO OF ANY CITY WHICH, BEFORE CONVERSION TO A CITY, FORMED PART OF SUCH PROVINCE.
Congress
2nd Congress of the Republic
House Bill No.
H. No. 2564
Legislative History
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Date of Approval
June 20, 1953

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
House Bill Only

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 49 no. 8 page 3258 (8/00/1953)

Full Text of Issuance

H. NO. 2564 / 49 OG No. 8, 3258 (August, 1953)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 915, June 20, 1953 ]

AN ACT TO MAKE THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF A PROVINCE EX OFFICIO SHERIFF NOT ONLY OF SUCH PROVINCE BUT ALSO OF ANY CITY WHICH, BEFORE CONVERSION TO A CITY, FORMED PART OF SUCH PROVINCE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. The clerk of the Court of First Instance of a province shall be ex officio sheriff not only of such province but also of any city, which before conversion to a city, formed part of such province. As ex officio sheriff of a city, such clerk shall receive an additional compensation of not exceeding one thousand two hundred pesos, which shall be fixed by the city council or municipal board and payable from city funds. SEC. 2. Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred twenty-nine is repealed. SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, June 20, 1953.

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