Be  it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines  in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

SECTION 1.  Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred  and ninety-one  is  hereby amended  to read  as follows:

"SECTION 1.  For the benefit of the officers or employees at present in the  service  of the Government of the Philippine Islands, the time limit for the filing of applications for retirement  gratuities under Act Numbered Twenty- five hundred  and eighty-nine, entitled 'An  Act providing for a gratuity by reason  of  retirement to officers and employees of the Philippine Government who  have rendered satisfactory service  during six continuous years or more, and  for other purposes,'  is  hereby extended  until  June thirtieth,  nineteen hundred  and  twenty-five.  The years of continuous, faithful, and  satisfactory  service rendered by  the applicant,  as provided by  said Act  Numbered Twenty-five hundred and eighty-nine shall, for the purposes of this  Act, be computed until  the date on  which the applicant  files his application  within  the  new time limit, or until said  June thirtieth,  nineteen hundred and twenty-five, but  not  thereafter."

SEC.  2. This  Act  shall  take effect on  its approval.

Approved, November 29, 1924.