Question & AnswerQ&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 328)
The main purpose is to authorize the transfer of all female prisoners confined in Bilibid Prison to Welfareville by constructing necessary buildings for their confinement.
The Secretary of Justice is authorized to order the construction of such buildings.
All female prisoners are currently confined in Bilibid Prison.
Sixty thousand pesos is appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act.
The appropriated sum covers the construction of necessary buildings, compensation of additional personnel, purchase of equipment and furniture, and other necessary miscellaneous expenses.
This Act took effect upon its approval on November 27, 1929.
No, the transfer shall happen upon the completion of the necessary buildings at Welfareville.
The Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled enacted the Act.
Welfareville refers to a location or institution where the female prisoners are to be transferred after the construction of the confinement buildings.
The Act specifies that the buildings to be constructed must be strictly necessary for the confinement of female prisoners.