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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 100
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ANY
COMMISSIONER OF THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION WHO IS A CITIZEN
OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF,
ATTORNEYS OF THE LEGAL AID OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, TO ADMINISTER
OATHS ON CLAIM PAPERS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE
COMMISSION
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Section 1. In
addition to the officers and employees of the Government authorized by
existing law to administer oaths, any Commissioner of the Philippine
War Damage Commission who is a citizen of the Philippines, or any
officer or employee thereof who is likewise a citizen of the
Philippines and duly authorized by said Commission, attorneys of the
Legal Aid Office of the Department of Justice and public school
teachers and other public school officials, shall have authority to
administer oaths on claim forms, affidavits, and other documents
presented to, or filed with, the Philippine War Damage Commission
created by Public Law Numbered Three hundred and seventy, seventy-ninth
Congress of the United States, approved April thirty, nineteen hundred
and forty-six: Provided, however, That, with the exception of the
Commissioners, officers or employees of the Philippine War Damage
Commission, as well as the attorneys of the Legal Aid Office of the
Department of Justice, who shall not collect any fee for their
services, such officers and employees of the Government authorized
under existing law to administer oaths and public school teachers or
other public school officials herein authorized to administer oaths,
may collect for each oath a fee of not more than fifty centavos:
Provided, further, That no documentary stamp shall be required to be
affixed to any claim papers, affidavits or other documents to be
submitted to, or filed with, the Philippine War Damage Commission. chan
roblesSec. 2. The
persons herein authorize to administer oaths, shall not be required to
keep or use a seal or to keep a register of their official acts in the
performance of the functions hereinabove set forth. chan
roblesSec. 3. This
Act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved: April 16,
1947.
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