Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

Sec. 1. Subsection (f) of section twenty-six hundred and fifteen of the administrative Code is amended to read as follows:

"(f) Compensation of vice-mayors and councilors. - The municipal council of a municipality of specially organized province, or of a municipal district of any province, may, with the approval of the provincial board and the department of the Interior, grant to the vice-mayor and each councilor a per diem not to exceed two pesos for each day of regular session of the council actually attended by them; but when, by reason of absence, suspension, or other disability, the mayor ceases to discharge the duties of his office, the vice-mayor, or councilor, acting in his stead shall receive compensation equivalent to the salary of the mayor during the period of such service."

See. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Enacted, without Executive approval, June 18, 1939.