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Republic Act
Approved June 18, 1964

Republic Act No. 3871

An act to amend section five hundred eighty-eight of the revised administrative code

An Act to Amend Section Five Hundred Eighty-Eight of the Revised Administrative Code

In plain language

Amendment to Section 588 of the Revised Administrative Code clarifying the Auditor General’s authority to adjust and set off accounts among government offices, agencies, and local governments.

  • Amended Section 588 granting Auditor General authority to authorize and enforce settlement of accounts among bureaus, offices, corporations, and local governments.
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 3871

An Act to Amend Section Five Hundred Eighty-Eight of the Revised Administrative Code

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

Section 1

Section five hundred eighty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code is amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 588. Authority of Auditor in adjustment and setting-off of accounts between offices. The Auditor General shall have the power, subject to such regulations as he may prescribe therefore, to authorize and enforce the settlement of accounts subsisting between the different Bureaus or Offices of the National service; between any such bureau or office and any corporation owned or controlled by the government or other self-governing board, commission, or agency of the government; between corporations, self-governing boards, commission, or agencies; between any such Bureau or Office or government-owned or controlled corporation, or self-governing board, commission or agency and any provincial, municipal or city governments; and between any such provincial and municipal or city governments; the absence of appropriations therefore notwithstanding.

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 18, 1964.

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