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RA 4898 Section 4

RA 4898 Section 4

Section 4

SEC. 4. Should a barrio captain suffer injuries as a result of an accident, he shall be paid accident insurance proceeds as follows: (a) For an injury to the brain resulting in the loss of sanity, five thousand pesos; (b) For permanent loss of sight in both eyes five thousand pesos; (c) For permanent loss of sense of hearing in both ears, three thousand pesos; (d) For permanent loss of sight in one eye, two thousand five hundred pesos; (e) For permanent loss of sense of hearing in one ear, one thousand pesos; (f) For the loss or destruction of two or more limbs, five thousand pesos; (g) For the loss of one limb, two thousand five hundred pesos; (h) For the loss or destruction of both of his hands at or above the wrist, three thousand pesos; (i) For the loss or destruction of both of his feet at or above the ankle, three thousand pesos; (j) For the loss or destruction of one hand at or above the wrist, one thousand five hundred pesos; (k) For the loss or destruction of one foot at or above the ankle, one thousand five hundred pesos; (1) For the loss or destruction of every thumb or great toe, two hundred pesos; (m) For the loss or destruction of every finger or toe, one hundred pesos; (n) For any other injury requiring hospitalization of at least forty days, one thousand pesos, and in cases where the hospitalization is less than forty days, at such amount not exceeding nine hundred fifty pesos as determined by the Government Service Insurance System and prescribed in its Rules and Regulations issued pursuant to the provisions of this Act; and (o) For any other injury requiring medical attention for at least fifteen days, two hundred pesos, and in cases where the medical attention extended is less than fifteen days, at such amount not exceeding one hundred fifty pesos as determined by the Government Service Insurance System and prescribed in its Rules and Regulations issued pursuant to the provisions of this Act.

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CitationRA 4898 Section 4 (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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