ChanRobles Virtual law Library
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES & CODES
A collection of Philippine laws, statutes and codes not included or cited in the main indices of the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library.
REPUBLIC ACTS
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AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ANY
COMMISSIONER OF THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION WHO IS A CITIZEN
OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF,
ATTORNEYS OF THE LEGAL AID OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, TO ADMINISTER
OATHS ON CLAIM PAPERS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE
COMMISSION |
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Section 1. In addition to the officers and employees of the Government authorized by existing law to administer oaths, any Commissioner of the Philippine War Damage Commission who is a citizen of the Philippines, or any officer or employee thereof who is likewise a citizen of the Philippines and duly authorized by said Commission, attorneys of the Legal Aid Office of the Department of Justice and public school teachers and other public school officials, shall have authority to administer oaths on claim forms, affidavits, and other documents presented to, or filed with, the Philippine War Damage Commission created by Public Law Numbered Three hundred and seventy, seventy-ninth Congress of the United States, approved April thirty, nineteen hundred and forty-six: Provided, however, That, with the exception of the Commissioners, officers or employees of the Philippine War Damage Commission, as well as the attorneys of the Legal Aid Office of the Department of Justice, who shall not collect any fee for their services, such officers and employees of the Government authorized under existing law to administer oaths and public school teachers or other public school officials herein authorized to administer oaths, may collect for each oath a fee of not more than fifty centavos: Provided, further, That no documentary stamp shall be required to be affixed to any claim papers, affidavits or other documents to be submitted to, or filed with, the Philippine War Damage Commission. chan robles Sec. 2. The persons herein authorize to administer oaths, shall not be required to keep or use a seal or to keep a register of their official acts in the performance of the functions hereinabove set forth. chan robles Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: April 16,
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