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RA 4898 Section 5

RA 4898 Section 5

Section 5

SEC. 5. Should a councilman 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, three thousand pesos; (b) For permanent loss of sight in both eyes, three thousand pesos; (c) For permanent loss of sense of hearing in both ears, two thousand pesos; (d) For permanent loss of sight in one eye, one thousand five hundred pesos; (e) For permanent loss of sense of hearing in one ear, five hundred pesos; (f) For the loss or destruction of two or more limbs, three thousand pesos; (g) For the loss of one limb, one thousand five hundred pesos; (h) For the loss or destruction of both his hands at or above the wrist, two thousand pesos; (i) For the loss or destruction of both his feet at or above the ankle, two thousand pesos; (j) For the loss or destruction of one hand at or above the wrist, one thousand pesos; (k) For the loss or destruction of one foot at or above the ankle, one thousand pesos; (1) For the loss or destruction of every thumb or great toe, one hundred pesos; (m) For the loss or destruction of every finger or toe, eighty pesos; (n) For any other injury requiring hospitalization of at least forty days, seven hundred pesos, and in cases where the hospitalization is less than forty days, at such amount not exceeding six 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, one hundred pesos, and in cases where the medical attention extended is less than fifteen days, at such amount not exceeding ninety 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 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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