AN ACT TO
AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND NINE, AS
AMENDED, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO CREATE
AN ANTI-USURY BOARD, TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SAID
BOARD AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" |
Section
1. Section eight of Act Numbered Forty-one hundred
and nine, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec.
8. In addition to the permanent officials and
employees of the Anti-Usury Board and those deled on special duty
therewith, members of the Philippine Constabulary, members of the city,
municipal and municipal district police, and such rural credit agents
and district agronomists of the Bureau of Plant Industry, agents of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, agents of the Bureau of Labor and other
persons as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board, are hereby
made deputies of the Anti-Usury Board. The officials, employees, agents
and deputies mentioned shall be peace officers, with full authority to
enforce the provisions of this Act and the Usury Law, as amended, and
the regulations promulgated thereunder, and to arrest offenders against
the same." Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved:
September 25, 1946 |