Title
Amendment on Legislature Compensation Rates
Law
Act No. 3270
Decision Date
Aug 11, 1926
The Amendments to Act No. 2668 establishes the yearly compensation for government officials in the Philippines, with the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives receiving the highest compensation.
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Q&A (LTO MEMORANDUM)

The title of the Act is Act No. 3270, dated August 11, 1926.

The President of the Senate shall receive sixteen thousand pesos per annum, and each Senator shall receive eight thousand two hundred pesos per annum.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive sixteen thousand pesos per annum, and each Representative shall receive seven thousand two hundred pesos per annum.

Both the Secretary of the Senate and the Secretary of the House of Representatives shall receive six thousand five hundred pesos per annum.

Their compensation became effective as of January 1, 1926.

The Act provides that amounts already received from January 1, 1926 to the date of the Act's effect shall be deducted from the yearly compensation, and the remaining amount shall be paid in equal monthly installments until December 31, 1926.

The compensation for the Secretaries of both Houses takes effect on January 1, 1927.

The payment shall be made out of any funds appropriated in Act Numbered 3227 for the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The Act takes effect upon its approval, which was on August 11, 1926.

Yes, compensations for the Presiding Officers and members of the Legislature take effect January 1, 1926, while those for the Secretaries commence January 1, 1927.


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