[ Commonwealth Act No. 479, June 18, 1939 ]
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF PER DIEMS TO VICE-MAYORS AND COUNCILORS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SPECIALLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES AND OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS OF ALL PROVINCES.
Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:
Section 1. Subsection (f) of section twenty-six hundred and fifteen of the administrative Code is amended to read as follows:
"(f) Compensation of vice-mayors and councilors. - The municipal council of a municipality of specially organized province, or of a municipal district of any province, may, with the approval of the provincial board and the department of the Interior, grant to the vice-mayor and each councilor a per diem not to exceed two pesos for each day of regular session of the council actually attended by them; but when, by reason of absence, suspension, or other disability, the mayor ceases to discharge the duties of his office, the vice-mayor, or councilor, acting in his stead shall receive compensation equivalent to the salary of the mayor during the period of such service."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.ℒαwρhi৷
Enacted, without Executive approval, June 18, 1939.
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