REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3025 - AN ACT
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTEEN MILLION PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES
OF THE ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES,
EIGHT SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BE HELD
ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE |
Section
1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen
million pesos to be spent under the exclusive authority of the
Commission on Elections, for payment of the expenses which may be
incurred in connection with, and incidental to, the holding of the
national elections on the second Tuesday of November, nineteen hundred
and sixty-one, for President and Vice-President of the Philippines, for
the eight Senators who will succeed those whose terms of office will
expire on December thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and
Members of the House of Representatives, including unpaid obligations
incurred by said Commission in previous elections: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available to the expenditure before July one,
nineteen hundred and sixty-one and shall continue to be available after
June thirty, nineteen hundred and sixty-two, exclusively for this
purpose: Provided, however, That out of the fund, the sum of not more
than seven hundred sixty thousand pesos shall be for the operational
expenses of the Philippine Constabulary and the sum of not more than
one million pesos shall be used for traveling expenses and food of ROTC
cadets and officers, if called upon by the Commission on Elections to
help in the maintenance of free, orderly and honest elections:
Provided, finally, That out of this appropriation, twenty thousand
pesos or so much as may be necessary, shall be used for the purchase
and maintenance of one motor vehicle, the provisions of existing law to
the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. Any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Commission on Elections may authorize the payment of the compensation from the appropriation authorized in this Act to its officials and employees, or those assigned thereto, except the Chairman and Members of the Commission, for overtime service rendered on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, or after twelve-thirty o'clock post meridian during half-day sessions and after five o'clock post meridian on regular working days, including overtime service rendered prior to the approval of this Act in connection with the election, at rates to be fixed by the Commission on Elections which shall not exceed the rate of their monthly compensation. Such additional compensation shall not exceed, for any one month, the equivalent of their regular compensation nor shall it exceed, for any one fiscal year, fifty per centum of such regular compensation. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: May 23, 1961 |