REPUBLIC ACT No. 3139
An Act Providing for the Maintenance and Operation of a Hospital in the Municipality of Tuburan, Province of Cebu, and Authorizing the Appropriation of the Necessary Funds Therefor
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. There shall be, under the direct supervision of the Director of Medical Services, a twenty-five-bed general hospital in the Municipality of Tuburan, Province of Cebu, to be known as the Tuburan Hospital. The site for the said hospital shall be provided by the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Tuburan in consultation with the Director of Medical Services.
Section 2. The Secretary of Health shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the purpose of this Act.
Section 3. The sum of one hundred fifty thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the maintenance and operation of the said hospital for the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-two: Provided, That no amount herein authorized to be appropriated will be released unless the Secretary of Health certifies that a suitable hospital building is available. Such sums as may be necessary for its operation and maintenance in subsequent years shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Acts.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1961.
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