REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5881 - AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS AS
COMPENSATION TO THE HEIRS OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS TERESITA DE LA CRUZ,
ELENA DE LA CRUZ, BEATRIZ DE LA CRUZ, JOSE LUIS KING AND AMADA REPOSI,
ALL DECEASED |
Section
1. The sum of fifty thousand pesos is hereby
authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid as compensation to the
heirs of accident victims Teresita de la Cruz, Beatriz de la Cruz, Jose
Luis King and Amada Reposi who were killed instantly by a Philippine
Army truck trailer driven by Sergeant Faustino Mendoza of the
Philippine Army on January twenty-seven, nineteen hundred fifty-seven,
who was convicted on February twenty-two, nineteen hundred fifty-eight
of multiple homicide thru reckless imprudence on account thereof, by
final decision of a competent court, but was found to be insolvent to
pay the damages arising therefrom. Of this amount, thirty thousand
pesos shall be paid to the heirs of Teresita De la Cruz, Elena de la
Cruz and Beatriz De la Cruz; ten thousand pesos to the heirs of Jose
Luis King; and the remaining ten thousand pesos to the heirs of Amada
Reposi, all of which sums shall be exempt from all kinds of
taxes. Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Enacted without Executive
approval, June 21, 1969. |