QuestionsQuestions (Commonwealth Act No. 555)
It is the “General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty-one,” appropriating funds for the operation of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941.
They are appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
It limits the spending authority to only the amount actually needed for the stated purposes within the fiscal year, even if the statute authorizes a specific sum.
For the Office of the President, the President allots among the bureaus and offices under his direct control; for Executive Departments, the heads of departments allot among their respective bureaus and offices.
The allotments shall be made as the needs of the service may require.
Whenever the public interest so demands, the President may reduce the forced savings required of any executive or judicial department by a corresponding allotment from the Contingent Fund provided in the Act.
If the reduction/adjustment results in an increase, the President may authorize the transfer of any part of that resulting increase in the next appropriations to cover a deficit in an appropriation for sundry expenses, furniture and equipment, or special purposes of the same or any other executive or judicial department.
The President may use (1) savings from appropriations and (2) any excess of actual collections over estimated ordinary income during 1941 to adjust employee compensations pursuant to Section 12 of Commonwealth Act No. 402.
It must be pursuant to Section 12 of Commonwealth Act No. 402.
No new positions authorized in the Act shall be filled without the previous approval of the President of the Philippines.
No. The provision of Section 6 does not apply to the National Assembly.
No appropriation may be used for renting automobiles, jitneys, or trucks on the monthly basis or on the daily basis for a continuous period exceeding one month unless previously authorized by the President.
The President may suspend or stop the expenditure of any amount appropriated for any purpose—or any portion thereof—when in his judgment the public interest so requires, and the affected funds become available for other expenditures authorized in the Act.
It does not apply to (1) appropriations for the National Assembly and (2) appropriations for the Judicial Department.
The Act takes effect on July 1, 1940, except where otherwise stated.
It is a government appropriations law—an authority granted by the National Assembly to allocate public funds for specific government operations for a defined fiscal year, with built-in executive controls and conditions.