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Act No. 2853

Act No. 2853

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC-BONDING LAW TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF COMPANIES THE MAJORITY OF THE STOCK OF WHICH IS HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT.

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Section 1

Section 1. Section three hundred and fourteen of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

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Section 314

Persons bondable in the fidelity fund

Section 314.

Persons bondable in the fidelity fund. - Every officer, agent, and employee of the Government of the Philippine Islands or of the companies or corporations the majority of the stock of which is held by the Insular Government shall, whenever the nature of the duties performed by such officer, agent or employee permits or requires the custody of funds or property for which he is accountable, be deemed a bondable officer; and except as otherwise provided every such person shall be bonded, or bondable, and his fidelity insured, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. ℒαwρhi৷

"Justices of the peace, with the exception of the justice of the peace of the city of Manila, are excluded from the bonding requirements of this chapter."

Section 2

This Act shall take effect on its approval

Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 11, 1919.