REPUBLIC ACT NO. 146, June 14, 1947

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 146, June 14, 1947 ]

AN ACT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OF MOTIONS OR PETITIONS FILED IN ANY COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES RELATIVE TO GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS OF ANY PERSON OR HIS ESTATE, OR BOTH, WHEN THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE ESTATE UNDER GUARDIANSHIP IS DERIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.

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

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule Twenty-six, section four, of the Rules of Court in the Philippines, notices of motions or petitions filed in any court of the Philippines relative to guardianship proceedings of any person or his estate, or both, when the whole or part of the estate under guardianship is derived from the United States Veterans Administration, shall be served to the said office in Manila at least twenty days before the hearing thereof to enable it to file its pleadings or to send its representative at the hearing of such motions or petitions.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 14, 1947.