Republic Act No. 988: An act amending republic act numbered nine hundred and thirty-eight entitled "an act granting municipal or city boards and councils the power to regulate the establishment, maintenance and operation of certain places of amusement within their respective territorial jurisdictions"

Republic Act No. 988

An act amending republic act numbered nine hundred and thirty-eight entitled "an act granting municipal or city boards and councils the power to regulate the establishment, maintenance and operation of certain places of amusement within their respective territorial jurisdictions"

An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight Entitled "An Act Granting Municipal or City Boards and Councils the Power to Regulate the Establishment, Maintenance and Operation of Certain Places of Amusement Within Their Respective Territorial Jurisdictions"

In plain language

This act amends Republic Act No. 938 to regulate the establishment, maintenance, and operation of night clubs, cabarets, dancing schools, pavilions, cockpits, bars, saloons, bowling alleys, billiard pools, and similar places of amusement within 500 meters of public buildings, schools, hospitals, and churches, with specific exemptions for establishments operating under Commonwealth Act No. 485 and pre-war establishments. It repeals inconsistent laws and becomes effective upon approval.

Regulation of night clubs, cabarets, dancing schools, pavilions, cockpits, bars, saloons, bowling alleys, billiard pools, and similar places of amusement within 500 meters of public buildings, schools, hospitals, and churches

Exemption for establishments operating under Commonwealth Act No. 485

Exemption for pre-war establishments that had reconstructed and resumed operation before the act's approval

Repeal of inconsistent laws, executive orders, or parts thereof

Effectivity upon approval

Amusement Regulation

Public Safety

Local Government

Municipal Boards

REPUBLIC ACT No. 988

An Act Granting a Life Pension to the Widow of the Late Commissioner Pedro Guevara in Consideration of His Many Years of Outstanding and Highly Meritorious Public Service

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

Section 1

In consideration of the many years of outstanding and highly meritorious public service rendered in various capacities by the late Commissioner Pedro Guevara, a life pension in the amount of two thousand four hundred pesos annually, payable in twelve equal installments, is hereby granted to his widow. Such gratuity shall not be subject to attachment or levy and shall be exempt from any tax.

Section 2

The sum of two thousand four hundred pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the pension herein authorized for the fiscal year 1954-1955. Thereafter the necessary amount therefor shall be included in the animal General Appropriations Act.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 2, 1954.

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