Executive Order No. 77




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 77, August 12, 1947 ] AMENDING PARAGRAPH NO. 1 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 33, DATED DECEMBER 27, 1946, ENTITLED “PROMULGATING RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY ENTITLED ‘AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF A GRATUITY TO THE WIDOW AND/OR CHILDREN, AND IN THEIR ABSENCE TO THE OTHER HEIRS, OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR MEMBERS OF ANY POLICE FORCE OR SIMILAR GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR." Paragraph No. 1 of Executive Order No. 33, dated December 27, 1946, entitled “Promulgating rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of Republic Act Numbered thirty entitled An Act authorizing the payment, under certain conditions, of a gratuity to the widow and/or children, and in their absence to the other heirs, of a deceased officer or member of any police force or similar governmental organization engaged in the maintenance of peace and order, appropriating funds therefor,’ ” is hereby amended to read as follows: “1.Claims under the aforesaid Act shall be paid only after the Secretary of th Interior, upon the advice of the provincial governor with respect to members of th police force in his province and of the provincial commander with respect to members of the Military Police Command, has determined that they come within or that they fully satisfy the requirements of Republic Act No. 30.” Done at the City of Manila, this 12th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the second.1a⍵⍴h!1 (Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO Chief of the Executive Office The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation