REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3467 - AN ACT
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOURTEEN MILLION PESOS FOR THE RELIEF AND/OR
REHABILITATION OF THE FLOOD AND/OR TYPHOON VICTIMS AND FOR THE REPAIR,
RECONSTRUCTION AND/OR CONSTRUCTION OF FLOOD AND RIVER CONTROL WORKS,
ROADS, BRIDGES, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND OTHER PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENTS IN MINDANAO WHICH WERE DAMAGED BY THE FLOOD AND/OR TYPHOON
IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO
Section 1. The sum of fourteen million pesos is hereby
appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for relief and/or rehabilitation of flood and/or typhoon
victims in Mindanao in January and February, nineteen hundred and
sixty-two and for the repair, reconstruction and/or construction of all
flood control works, roads, bridges, public buildings and other damaged
public works, to be distributed proportionately among he
provinces and cities affected as provided hereunder:
(a) The six million pesos appropriated by virtue of
this Act shall be given in the form of relief to the indigent or
deserving flood and/or typhoon victims of Mindanao for the
rehabilitation of their homes, farms, animals, livestock's, seeds,
clothing, business and other properties essential to their welfare and
well-being, and the same shall be distributed to each victim by the
Social Welfare Administration and the Secretary of Agriculture and
Natural Resources or any of their duly authorized representatives in
the different provinces and cities in accordance with the allocation
prepared and approved, after consultation with the heads of the local
governments concerned, by a special committee composed of the Social
Welfare Administrator as chairman, and as members, one representative
of the President and one representative of the Philippine National Red
Cross duly designated by the chairman thereof: Provided, That the
consultation of the local governments shall be carried out within a
period of ten days from notification by the committee: Provided,
further, That in the allocation above referred to, indigents and the
needy shall have priority, but in no case shall any family receive an
amount exceeding two hundred pesos as relief and/or rehabilitation in
cash or in kind: And, provided, finally, That any person who
fraudulently files a claim or collects any amount in excess of any
actual damages he may have suffered and any person or official who
knowingly causes such a claim to be paid, shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not less than one hundred pesos nor more than one thousand
pesos or suffer imprisonment of not less than one month nor more than
one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court: Provided, however,
That if the guilty party is in charge of distributing releases, the
penalty shall be imprisonment for not less than one year, or as
provided for by existing law.
(b) The amount of eight million pesos appropriated by
virtue of this Act shall be spent for the repair, reconstruction and/or
construction of all flood and river control works, roads, bridges,
public buildings and other damaged public works, to be distributed
proportionately among the provinces and cities affected by the flood
and/or typhoon in accordance with the extent of the damage done upon
these public works as determined by the Secretary of Public Works and
Communications and/or his duly authorized representatives: Provided,
That the release of funds herein appropriated shall be pro rata and
simultaneous: And, provided, further, That, except for flood and river
control works, no portion of said amount shall be utilized for new
construction, but only for purposes of restoration and the repair and
reconstruction above referred to.
Sec. 2. Any unexpected balance or an obligated amount
of this appropriation as of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
sixty-three, shall revert to the general fund.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 16, 1962.
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