QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 198)
RA No. 198 appropriates funds to defray the expenses for the training, preparation, and participation of a Filipino athletic delegation in the 1948 Olympics in London.
One hundred thousand pesos (₱100,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary.
From any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
As an aid to the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation.
Expenses of selection, assembling, equipping, preparation, and sending of a competent athletic delegation to represent the Philippines.
The World Olympic Games to be held in London in 1948.
Only the amount required for the covered expenses may be disbursed, not the entire ₱100,000.
No. The law authorizes ₱100,000, but only so much as may be necessary for the specified purposes.
It must be a “competent athletic delegation” (i.e., competent to represent the Philippines).
The Act shall take effect upon its approval.
March 19, 1948.
It was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.
It limits the scope of expenses to those expressly mentioned, indicating legislative intent to cover those specific phases of participation.
It reflects the principle that public funds may be spent only for purposes authorized by law, i.e., appropriations made by Congress.
The title broadly describes training/preparation/participation, while Section 1 specifies the concrete cost categories and stages (selection, assembling, equipping, preparation, sending) used to implement that purpose.