Question & AnswerQ&A (Commonwealth Act No. 693)
The purpose of Commonwealth Act No. 693 is to provide a life pension to Dona Aurora Aragon de Quezon, the widow of the late President Manuel L. Quezon, in recognition of the services rendered by the late President and his widow to the country.
Dona Aurora Aragon de Quezon, the widow of the late President Manuel L. Quezon, is entitled to the life pension under this Act.
The life pension granted to Dona Aurora Aragon de Quezon is twelve thousand pesos per annum.
The life pension commences upon her arrival in the Philippines from the United States.
The life pension is payable in equal monthly installments.
The funds for the life pension during fiscal year 1946 are appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Thereafter, the necessary sum is to be included in the General Appropriation Act.
The Act took effect upon its approval on October 15, 1945.
No, the Act specifically grants a life pension only to Dona Aurora Aragon de Quezon.
The Act was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled.
The life pension is recurring and paid annually in equal monthly installments for the lifetime of Dona Aurora Aragon de Quezon.