Administrative Code of 1987/Book V/Title I/Subtitle B/Chapter 7

Administrative Code of 1987 (1987)
by Corazon Aquino
Book V, Title I, Subtitle B, Chapter 7

Source: Supplement to the Official Gazette. Vol. 83, No. 39. Manila. National Printing Office. 1987. p. 119.

4580648Administrative Code of 1987 — Book V, Title I, Subtitle B, Chapter 71987Corazon Aquino

Chapter 6Receipt and Disposition of Funds and Property

Sec. 42. Accounting for Money and Property Received by Public Officials.—Except as may otherwise be specifically provided by law or competent authority, all moneys and property officially received by a public officer in any capacity or upon any occasion must be accounted for as government funds and government property. Government property shall be taken up in the books of the agency concerned at acquisition cost or an appraised value.

Sec. 43. Special, Fiduciary and Trust Funds.—Receipts shall be recorded as income of Special, Fiduciary or Trust Funds or Funds other than the General Fund only when authorized by law as implemented pursuant to law.

Sec. 44. Issuance of Official Receipts.—(1) No payment of any nature shall be received by a collecting officer without immediately issuing an official receipt in acknowledgment thereof. The receipt may be in the form of postage, internal revenue or documentary stamps and the like, or officially numbered receipts, subject to proper custody, accountability and audit; and

(2) Where mechanical devices are used to acknowledge cash receipts, the Commission may approve, upon request, exemption from the use of accountable forms.

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