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PD 251 Section 5

PD 251 Section 5

Section 5

SEC 5. Section seventy-eight of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 78. Special Guaranty Fund. — In the event that the Bank shall be unable to pay the bonds, debentures and other obligations issued by it, a fixed amount thereof shall be paid from a special guaranty fund to be set up by the Government, to guarantee the obligation of the Bank, and established in accordance with this Section and, thereupon, to the extent of the amounts so paid, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall succeed to all the rights of the holders of such bonds, debentures or other obligations: Provided, however, That the Government shall pay into the guaranty fund the sum of five million pesos each year until the cumulative total of such guaranty fund is no less than twenty percent of the outstanding net obligation of the Bank at the end of any calendar year. "The special guaranty fund shall be administered by the Central Bank of the Philippines in the manner most consistent with its Charter. For the purpose of such funds, the sum of five million pesos is hereby appropriated annually out of any moneys in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, until the total amount of one hundred million pesos shall have been attained therefrom."

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CitationPD 251 Section 5 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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