Republic Act No. 4065

REPUBLIC ACT No. 4065

AN ACT DEFINING THE POWERS, RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE VICE-MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MANILA, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS TEN AND ELEVEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED NINE, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MANILA.

Section 1. Section ten of Republic Act Numbered Four hundred nine, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 10. Vice- Mayor. There shall be a vice-mayor who shall perform the duties of the mayor in the event of the sickness, absence or other temporary incapacity of the mayor, or in the event of the definitive vacancy in the position of mayor, until said office shall be filled, in accordance with law. If, for any reason, the vice-mayor is temporarily incapacitated for the performance of the duties of the office of the mayor, or said office of the vice-mayor is vacant the duties of the mayor shall be performed by the president pro-tempore of the municipal board. The acting mayor shall have the same powers and duties as the mayor including the power to appoint, suspend or dismiss employees, and all acts performed by him in such capacity shall not be reversed, modified or otherwise revised by the mayor upon the latter's return to office.

"The mayor shall be understood to be absent when he is on leave or is out of the country or, while within the country, he has been physically out of the city for more then forty-eight hours.

"The vice-mayor shall have the following general powers and duties:

"The vice-mayor shall be elected in the same manner as the mayor and shall at the time of his election possess the same qualifications as the mayor. He shall receive a salary of eighteen thousand pesos a year and shall have a secretary and at least twenty personnel in his regular office force who shall all be chosen and appointed by him. The Municipal Board shall provide for the vice-mayor a commutable housing allowance of not less than six thousand pesos per annum."

Section 2. Section eleven of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 11. General duties and power of the mayor.

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

Approved: June 18, 1964