Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

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."

SEC. 2. An amount of seventy-five thousand pesos is hereby appropriated out of the un-appropriated funds in the Insular Treasury for the salary, per diems and traveling expenses of the accounts examiners to be appointed under Section one hereof. This appropriation shall be carried in the succeeding budgets for the Department of Labor.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 22, 1957.