AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONCURRENT PHILIPPINE CONSULATE IN SINGAPORE, FEDERATION OF MALAYA, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO, SARAWAK AND BRUNEI, WITH MAIN OFFICE IN SINGAPORE.
Year:
1951
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 5, 1951
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This Act establishes a concurrent Philippine consulate in Singapore, which will also serve the Federation of Malaya, British North Borneo, Sarawak, and Brunei. It outlines the appropriations necessary for the operation and maintenance of the consulate.Full Text
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 629, June 05, 1951 ]
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONCURRENT PHILIPPINE CONSULATE IN SINGAPORE, FEDERATION OF MALAYA, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO, SARAWAK AND BRUNEI, WITH MAIN OFFICE IN SINGAPORE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. The following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the Concurrent Philippine Consulate in Singapore, Federation of Malaya, British North Borneo, Sarawak, and Brunei, with main office in Singapore:
D.— Department op Foreign Affairs
SALARIES AND WAGES
SUNDRY EXPENSES
SPECIAL EXPENSES
Section 2. The establishment of a Philippine Consulate in British North Borneo shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the claim of the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu or the Philippine Government to that territory.
Section 3. The general provisions of the Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-two including the special provisions pertaining to the Department of Foreign Affairs, shall apply to the appropriations herein authorized.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-one.
Approved, June 5, 1951.
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