An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Eight Hundred Forty-Two Entitled "An Act Providing for Automatic Salary Increases for Public School Officials, Teachers, and Other School Personnel of the Government of the Philippines"
Year:
1956
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 14, 1956
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This Act amends Republic Act No. 842 regarding the preference for applicants with professional training in education for vacancies in the clerical service. It specifies conditions under which this preference applies and establishes grounds for suspension if not followed.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 1474
An Act to Amend Republic Act Numbered Eight Hundred Forty-Two Entitled "An Act Providing for Automatic Salary Increases for Public School Officials, Teachers, and Other School Personnel of the Government of the Philippines"
Superseded by RO Plan 2-A
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Section 3, paragraph (b) of Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred and forty-two, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 14, 1956.
"Sec. 3. (b) In the event of vacancies occurring in the clerical service, applicants with professional training in education and suitable civil service eligibility shall be given preference: Provided, That this proviso shall not apply to employees in the clerical service already in the employment of the government as of May 1, 1953. Failure to give preference to duly qualified applicants shall be ground for suspension from the service."
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