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An Act to Abolish the Merit and Trial Board in the City of Manila, to Restore the Police Department Thereof

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1948

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June 15, 1948

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This Act abolishes the Merit and Trial Board in the City of Manila and restores the Police Department to its status prior to the approval of Commonwealth Act No. 698. It also repeals Commonwealth Act No. 698 and revives the provisions of the Administrative Code and other related acts.
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 271

An Act to Abolish the Merit and Trial Board in the City of Manila, to Restore the Police Department Thereof to its Status Prior to the Approval of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred Ninety-Eight, Repealing for the Purpose Said Act, and Reviving the Provisions of the Administrative Code, Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred Seventy-Seven, and All Other Acts or Parts of Acts Which were Expressly or Impliedly Repealed by Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred Ninety-Eight

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. The Merit and Trial Board in the City of Manila is hereby abolished, and the Police Department of said City is restored to its status prior to the approval of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred ninety-eight.

Section 2. Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred ninety-eight is hereby repealed, and the provisions of the Administrative Code, Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred seventy-seven and all other acts or parts of acts which were expressly or impliedly repealed by said Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred ninety-eight, are hereby revived and given full force and effect.

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 15, 1948.


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