Section 1
SECTION 1. Section fifty-four of Act Numbered Three thousand four hundred and twenty-eight, as added by section twenty-four of Republic Act Numbered Seven hundred and seventy-two, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 54. Contribution of insurance carriers and uninsured employees.—The Commissioner is hereby authorized to collect yearly from insurance carriers not more than three per centum of their gross receipts on premiums collected from insurance of workmen's compensation liabilities for the year immediately preceding and from uninsured employers not more than three per centum of what they would have paid in premiums if their employees were all insured for the same period to cover administration costs: Provided, That the total amount of contribution of each shall not be less than five pesos. Employers whose employees and laborers are not fully covered in insurance, shall be considered uninsured to the extent of the amount not so covered. "If any insurance carrier or any uninsured employer fails to pay the contribution herein provided within sixty days from the time notice is served upon him, the collection of said contribution may be made in like manner as an award of compensation. "However, nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the Government from requiring employees from obtaining insurance policies from the Government for the purposes of this Act."