Republic Act No. 1242: An act authorizing the payment of compensation equivalent to the salary of six months of any employee in the service of the national government or in the service of the government of a province, city, municipality or municipal district who is killed or dies of injuries received or sickness contracted in line of duty, amending for the purpose section six hundred ninety-nine of the administrative code, as amended

Republic Act No. 1242

An act authorizing the payment of compensation equivalent to the salary of six months of any employee in the service of the national government or in the service of the government of a province, city, municipality or municipal district who is killed or dies of injuries received or sickness contracted in line of duty, amending for the purpose section six hundred ninety-nine of the administrative code, as amended

An Act Authorizing the Payment of Compensation Equivalent to the Salary of Six Months of Any Employee in the Service of the National Government or in the Service of the Government of a Province, City, Municipality or Municipal District Who is Killed or Dies of Injuries Received or Sickness Contracted in Line of Duty, Amending for the Purpose Section Six Hundred Ninety-Nine of the Administrative Code, as Amended

In plain language

The act amends Section 699 of the Administrative Code to provide compensation for employees who are injured, killed, or die due to line‑of‑duty injuries, including six months salary and burial expenses.

Amends Section 699 of the Administrative Code to authorize payments for injury, death, or sickness.

Provides for payment of six months salary or wages to surviving spouse or dependent child.

Authorizes payment of reasonable burial expenses.

Allows payment of medical attendance, transportation, subsistence, and hospital fees.

Requires recommendation from local boards for city employees.

Employment Law

Labor

Compensation

Administrative Code

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1242

An Act to Amend Section Twenty of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-One, Commonly Known as the Public Land Act, as Amended

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

Section 1

Section twenty of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and forty-one is hereby amended to read as follows:

> "Sec. 20. If at any time after the approval of the application and before the patent is issued, the applicant shall prove to the satisfaction of the Director of Lands that he has complied with all the requirements of the law, but cannot continue with his homestead, through no fault of his own, and there is a bona fide purchaser for the rights and improvements of the applicant on the land, and that the conveyance is not made for purposes of speculation, then the applicant, with the previous approval of the Director of Lands may transfer his rights to the land and improvements to any person legally qualified to apply for a homestead, and immediately after such transfer, the purchaser shall file a homestead application for the land so acquired and shall succeed the original homesteader in his rights and obligations beginning with the date of the approval of said application of the purchaser. Any person who has so transferred his rights may not again apply for a new homestead. Every transfer made without the previous approval of the Director of Lands shall be null and void and shall result in the cancellation of the entry and the refusal of the patent."

Section 2

All provisions of law and regulations, or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 10, 1955.

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