AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWO
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR (a) OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Section 1.
Section two thousand four hundred thirty-four (a) of the Revised
Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec.
2434. (a). Vice mayor. — There shall be a vice-mayor
who shall perform the duties of the mayor, in the event of the
sickness, absence or other temporary incapacity of the mayor, or in the
event of a definitive vacancy in the position of mayor, until said
office shall be filled, in accordance with law. If, for any reason, the
vice-mayor is temporarily incapacitated for the performance of the
duties of the office of the mayor, or said office of the vice-mayor is
vacant, the duties of the mayor, shall be performed by the city
engineer. The acting mayor shall have the same powers and duties as the
mayor.
"The vice-mayor shall perform
such other duties as may be assigned upon him by the mayor or
prescribed by law or ordinance. He shall be appointed by the President
of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
of the Congress of the Philippines and shall receive a salary of not
more than seven thousand two hundred pesos a year."
Sec. 2. This
Act shall take effect upon its approval.
