Commonwealth Act No. 711, November 01, 1945

[ Commonwealth Act No. 711, November 01, 1945 ]

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE MILLION PESOS TO ENABLE THE NATIONAL LAND SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION TO RESUME ITS FUNCTIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. In order to enable the National Land Settlement Administration created by Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-one to accomplish its purposes and objects as set forth in the said Act, there is appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of five million pesos: Provided, That the activities of the National Land Settlement Administration shall extend to all provinces.

SEC. 2. The funds herein appropriated shall not be released unless and until the Secretary of Finance and the Auditor General shall have certified to the President that there are existing and available funds i the National Treasury in excess of the sums appropriated in the General Appropriation Law for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and the priority appropriations established by law; Provided, That the President may order the release in full or in installments of the funds herein auhorized as the Secretary of Finance and the Auditor General may certify to their existence and availability.

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

Approved, November 1, 1945.