Commonwealth Act No. 400




[ Commonwealth Act No. 400, September 12, 1938 ] AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF INDEMNITIES AND PENSIONS IN CASES OF ACCIDENT DURING THE TRAINING OF TRAINEES OR RESERVISTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY. Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines: Section 1. The forced heirs of any trainee or reservist, or re- who shall die by accident during the period of his training, by accident, or while assisting in maneuvers or other practices of the and Philippine Army, shall be entitled to an indemnity of five hundred pesos. Section 2. If the accident did not result in the death of the trainee or reservist, but has disabled him to engage in any kind of work or trade, or deprived him of his sight, or if his disability is such that it diminishes his earning capacity, or that it becomes a permanent disability, such monthly pension, trainee or reservist shall be entitled to a monthly pension amount. of fifteen pesos in the first three cases and twenty pesos in the last case. Section 3. For the purposes of this Act, the Acceptance Board constituted under Commonwealth Act Numbered One is hereby made as a Board of Claims which shall determine the claims under this Act.(awÞhi( Section 4. The President of the Philippines may authorize disbursements on account of the operation of this Act from any item of the appropriation for the Philippine Army for the years nineteen hundred and thirty-eight and nineteen hundred and thirty-nine. For nineteen hundred and forty 1940 and subsequent years the necessary item of appropriation shall be included in the appropriation of the Philippine - effectivity of it Army in the annual General Appropriation Acts. Section 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall also apply to claims arising from accidents within the purview thereof, which have occurred since nineteen hundred and thirty-six. Approved, September 12, 1938. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation