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Approved June 1, 1955

Republic Act No. 1240

An act appropriating the sum of seventeen million pesos to carry out the provisions of republic act numbered eight hundred forty-two with respect to public school officials, teachers and other school personnel of the bureau of public schools and welfareville teachers, for the fiscal year 1955-1956

An Act Appropriating the Sum of Seventeen Million Pesos to Carry Out the Provisions of Republic Act Numbered Eight Hundred Forty-Two with Respect to Public School Officials, Teachers and Other School Personnel of the Bureau of Public Schools and Welfareville Teachers, for the Fiscal Year 1955-1956

In plain language

This act appropriates seventeen million pesos to fund the implementation of Republic Act 842 for public school officials and teachers for the fiscal year 1955-1956, with provisions for priority and future appropriations.

  • Appropriation of seventeen million pesos
  • Priority given to the appropriation
  • Future sums included in General Appropriation Acts
  • Effectivity upon approval
Appropriation
Education
Public Schools
Fiscal Year
RA 1230

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1240

An Act Further Amending Section One Hundred Seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Forty-One, by Providing that When the Power to Sign Patents or Certificates for Land Granted Under Said Act is Delegated by the President to the Secretary and Under-Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Such Patents or Certificates Shall Bear the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Instead of the Great Seal of the Republic of the Philippines

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

Section 1

Section one hundred seven of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred forty-one, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred seventy-two, is amended to read as follows:

> "Sec. 107. All patents or certificates for land granted under this Act shall be prepared in the Bureau of Lands and shall be issued in the name of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines under the signature of the President of the Philippines: Provided, However, That the President of the Philippines may delegate to the Undersecretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources the power to sign patents or certificates covering lands not exceeding one hundred forty-four hectares in area, and to the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources the power to sign patents or certificates covering the lands exceeding one hundred forty-four hectares, in area, in which case such patents or certificates shall bear the official seal of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources instead of the great seal of the Republic of the Philippines. Such patents or certificates shall be effective only for the purposes defined in section one hundred and twenty-two of the Land Registration Act, and actual conveyance of the land shall be effected only as provided in said section.

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 7, 1955.

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