AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-THREE (e) OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1941

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-THREE (e) OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Section 1. Section twenty-three (e) of Republic Act Numbered eight hundred seventy-five is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(e) Provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered Two hundred and thirteen providing for registration, licensing, and cancellation of registration of organizations, associations or unions of labor, as qualified and expanded by the preceding paragraphs of this Act, are hereby amended: Provided, however, That the Secretary of Labor or his duly authorized representative is hereby empowered to inquire, from time to time, into the financial activities of any legitimate labor organization and to examine its books of accounts and other financial records to determine compliance or non-compliance with the laws and to aid in the prosecution for any violation thereof.

The Secretary of Labor shall appoint such accounts examiners as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section."

Section 2. An amount of seventy-five thousand pesos is hereby appropriated...

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Summary of Republic Act No. 1941

Amendments to Republic Act No. 875 on Labor Organizations
- Empowers the Secretary of Labor to inquire into the financial activities of legitimate labor organizations (Section 1)
- Allows the Secretary of Labor to examine books of accounts and financial records of labor organizations to determine compliance with laws (Section 1)
- Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to aid in prosecution for any violation of laws related to labor organizations (Section 1)
- Requires the Secretary of Labor to appoint accounts examiners to carry out the provisions of the law (Section 1)
- Appropriates ₱75,000 from the Insular Treasury for salaries, per diems, and travel expenses of the accounts examiners (Section 2)
- Mandates that the appropriation shall be carried in succeeding budgets for the Department of Labor (Section 2)
- Specifies that the law shall take effect upon its approval (Section 3)