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Republic Act
Approved June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 1579

An act to provide life pension to the auditor general and the chairman or any member of the commission on elections

AN ACT TO PROVIDE LIFE PENSION TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND THE CHAIRMAN OR ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS

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In plain language

This act establishes a lump-sum life pension for retirees or deceased members of the Auditor General and the Commission on Elections who have completed at least twenty years of service, providing tax-exempt benefits and clarifying refund provisions for prior gratuities.

  • Lump-sum payment of five years salary
  • Eligibility requires at least twenty years of service
  • Refund of prior gratuities
  • Exemption from other retirement acts
  • Tax exemption for benefits
  • Funding from national treasury
  • Effectivity upon approval
Pension
Government
Auditor General
Commission on Elections
Life Insurance

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1579

An Act to Convert the Negros Oriental Trade School in the City of Dumaguete into a Regional School of Arts and Trades, to be Known as East Visayan School of Arts and Trades and to Authorize the Appropriation of Funds for the Purpose

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

Section 1

The Negros Oriental Trade School in the City of Dumaguete is hereby converted into a regional school of arts and trades, to be known as the East Visayan School of Arts and Trades. The said school shall be under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Schools and subject to the provisions of the School Law. Courses of collegiate and secondary levels shall be offered in the said school.

Section 2

To carry out the intents and purposes of this Act, the sum of three hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and maintenance of the said school for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven. Thereafter, the necessary sum for said purposes shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Acts.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 16, 1956.

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