Republic Act No. 21: An act authorizing the legitimate father, or, in his default, the mother, of any minor or incompetent person having a claim or share in a claim against the government of the philippines or of the united states, to receive payment of said claim or share when the amount thereof does not exceed five hundred pesos or its equivalent in dollars

Republic Act No. 21

An act authorizing the legitimate father, or, in his default, the mother, of any minor or incompetent person having a claim or share in a claim against the government of the philippines or of the united states, to receive payment of said claim or share when the amount thereof does not exceed five hundred pesos or its equivalent in dollars

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGITIMATE FATHER, OR, IN HIS DEFAULT, THE MOTHER, OF ANY MINOR OR INCOMPETENT PERSON HAVING A CLAIM OR SHARE IN A CLAIM AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES OR OF THE UNITED STATES, TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF SAID CLAIM OR SHARE WHEN THE AMOUNT THEREOF DOES NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED PESOS OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN DOLLARS

In plain language

An act authorizing the legitimate father or mother of a minor or incompetent person to receive payment of a claim against the government if the amount does not exceed five hundred pesos or its equivalent in dollars, subject to certain exclusions.

Authorizes payment of claims up to 500 pesos or equivalent in dollars for legitimate father or mother of a minor or incompetent person.

Excludes individuals who are mentally incompetent, criminal, or have abandoned or neglected the minor.

Legislation

Government Claims

Minor Rights

1946

Republic Act No. 21 September 25, 1946

Section 1

Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the legitimate father, or, in his default, the mother, of any minor or incompetent person having a claim, or share in a claim, against the Government of the Philippines or of the United States, is authorized, without need of the court appointing him or her as guardian for said minor or incompetent person, to receive payment of said claim or share when the amount thereof does not exceed five hundred pesos or its equivalent in dollars, except in case said father or mother is an imbecile, insane, vagrant or vicious person, or is a habitual drunkard or a habitual criminal, or has abandoned, neglected, or refused to support said minor or incompetent person, or has caused the same to commit offenses against the law.

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: September 25, 1946

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