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[ Commonwealth Act No. 431, May 31, 1939 ]

AN ACT TO GIVE THE BOARD ON DOCUMENTS DISCRETIONARY POWER TO DELEGATE TO ITS DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES ITS AUTHORITY TO WITNESS THE BURNING OF CONDEMNED RECORDS.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

Sec. 1. Subsection (b) of section one of Commonwealth Act Numbered Fifty-four is amended so as to read as follows:
"(b) To have such documents, public records and papers, which in its judgment are valueless, destroyed by burning in the presence, of its members or of two representatives duly authorized by it."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.;

Approved, May 31, 1939.
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