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[ Act No. 782, June 01, 1903 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT DECLARING ALL PERSONS IN ARMS AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND ALL PERSONS AIDING OR ABETTING THEM, ON THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE, OR THEREAFTER, INELIGIBLE TO HOLD OFFICE," AS AMENDED.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Act Numbered Seventy-eight, entitled "An Act declaring all persons in arms against the authority of the United States in the Philippine Islands, and all persons aiding or abetting them, on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and one, or thereafter, ineligible to hold office," as amended by Act Numbered One hundred and six, is hereby further amended by providing that the same shall not apply to those persons who were in arms against the authority and sovereignty of the United States in the Philippine Islands, or their aiders or abettors, prior to July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, who came within the provisions of the proclamation of amnesty of the President of the United States issued upon said date, and who have complied with the terms of said proclamation.
SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 1, 1903.
SECTION 1. Act Numbered Seventy-eight, entitled "An Act declaring all persons in arms against the authority of the United States in the Philippine Islands, and all persons aiding or abetting them, on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and one, or thereafter, ineligible to hold office," as amended by Act Numbered One hundred and six, is hereby further amended by providing that the same shall not apply to those persons who were in arms against the authority and sovereignty of the United States in the Philippine Islands, or their aiders or abettors, prior to July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, who came within the provisions of the proclamation of amnesty of the President of the United States issued upon said date, and who have complied with the terms of said proclamation.
SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 1, 1903.