[ Commonwealth Act No. 236, September 16, 1937 ]
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO DESIGNATE ANY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU, OFFICE OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, OR TO CREATE A NEW OFFICE OR AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING ALLOTMENTS OF ANY QUOTA ESTABLISHED FOR THE PHILIPPINES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES SUGAR ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, ON THE BASIS SPECIFIED IN SECTION SIX (D) OF PUBLIC LAW NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, APPROVED MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR, AND OF ENFORCING ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-SEVEN, AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.
Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:
Section 1. The President of the Philippines is hereby authorized to designate any department, bureau, office or instrumentality of the National Government or he may create a new office or agency, for the purpose of making allotments of any quota established for the Philippines pursuant to the provisions of the United States Sugar Act of nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, on the basis specified in section six (d) of Public Law Numbered One hundred twenty-seven, approved March twenty-four, nineteen hundred thirty-four, and of enforcing Act Numbered Forty-one hundred and sixty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Seventy-seven. The department, bureau, office or agency so designated or created shall be authorized to promulgate, subject to the approval of the President of the Philippines, the necessary rules and regulations to carry into effect its functions under said Acts.(awÞhi(
Section 2. The sum of two hundred thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended, in the discretion of the President, for the payment of salaries, wages, and traveling expenses of the officers and personnel, office rentals, for the purchase of office equipment and supplies, and for such other expenses as may be necessary for the proper functioning of the office, bureau, or agency to be designated or created pursuant to the authority contained in this Act.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, September 16, 1937.
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