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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6538 - AN
ACT APPROPRIATING THREE HUNDRED MILLION PESOS FOR EXPENDITURES
OCCASIONED BY THE TYPHOONS, RAINS AND FLOODS IN THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND
JULY, NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Section 1. There
is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred million pesos to
defray expenditures for repairs of public works damaged by and relief
to indigent victims of, calamities which occurred in the Philippines in
the months of June and July, 1972, for such items as food, medicines,
shelter and clothing at not exceeding one hundred pesos per head of
family and one hundred pesos for each dependent and assistance for the
rehabilitation of small farms to be released and disbursed pursuant to
the provisions of Sec. 7-1 (4) of Commonwealth Act No. 246, as
amended, except appropriations for the Department of Social Welfare and
for other national offices and agencies intended for relief and
rehabilitation, with priority being given to victims of said calamities
in Central Luzon, Manila and environs, for the foregoing purposes by
the following departments in the amount indicated: Sec. 2. In the implementation of Section one, the
following rules shall be observed: Sec. 3. The heads of the government offices and agencies implementing this Act shall submit a report within the first ten days of every month on funds released to their offices and agencies under this Act and within fifteen days from the end of every quarter another report on the progress or status of the work prosecuted by them thereunder during the preceding quarter, including therein all relevant data, to the Joint Senate-House of Representatives Committee, herein created to watch over the disbursement and use of the funds herein appropriated. The Joint Committee shall be composed of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, as Co-Chairman, the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, as Co-Chairman, and two Members of each House, one of whom shall represent the Minority from each House, to be designated by the presiding officers of each House, respectively. The Joint Committee shall scrutinize the report and take such measures as it may deem appropriate to protect the public interest in relation to the disbursement and expenditures of the funds herein appropriated, including the taking of necessary measures for the prosecution of parties responsible for the violation of the provisions hereof: provided, however, that any head, chief or employee of any office, bureau, or agency concerned in the implementation of this Act who may be found to have violated the provisions of this Act shall be criminally liable, subject to the provisions of the Penal Code but where the violation is not covered by the Penal Code, then the guilty party shall be subject to a penalty of a fine of one thousand pesos and imprisonment of not less than six (6) months or more than one (1) year without prejudice to administrative action. Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: August 8, 1972 |
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