[ Act No. 3144, March 06, 1924 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. The first paragraph of section twenty-two hundred and fifty-nine of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 2259. Appointment of members of police force.- The chief of police and other members of the force shall be appointed by the president, with the consent of the municipal council.ℒαwρhi৷ In case of disagreement between the president and the municipal council regarding the appointment of the chief of police, if such disagreement extends over more than three months after the submission of the nomination by the president, the provincial board shall take action and decide such disagreement, and its decision shall be final."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, March 6, 1924.
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