Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 642)
The main purpose of Act No. 642 is to amend Section 789 of Act No. 190 to provide an allowance of three dollars per day in U.S. currency for officers of the court for their attendance during sessions of the Court of First Instance in the Philippine Islands.
The sheriff of the province and the governor (if the governor is the officer of the court) and their necessary deputies are entitled to the three-dollar per day allowance for days the Court of First Instance is in session in their province.
The allowance is separate and in addition to the fees for the service of process.
The allowance shall be paid from the Insular Treasury as part of the expenses of the Bureau of Justice.
The law also applies to sessions of the Supreme Court when held in places other than the city of Manila, where officers of the court shall receive the same allowance.
The Act took effect upon its passage on February 16, 1903.
Section seven hundred and eighty-nine (789) of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety (190), which is the Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands, is amended.
Section 2 of the Act expediates its passage in accordance with Section 2 of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September 26, 1900.
Yes, the allowance is specified to be paid in money of the United States.
The sheriff of the province, or the governor if he is the officer of the court, and their necessary deputies are responsible for attendance compensated by the allowance.