Act No. 1559, November 06, 1906
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DIMINUTION OF SENTENCES IMPOSED UPON PRISONERS CONVICTED OF ANY OFFENSE AND SEN…
Acts November 6, 1906
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. For the purpose of computing, under Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and thirty-three, the diminution of sentences imposed on certain prisoners, and for no other purpose, the word “month” whenever used in said Act shall be construed to mean a legal month of thirty days, and Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and thirty-three is hereby amended accordingly.
SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, November 6, 1906.