Section 19
SEC. 19. Prohibition against use of appropriations for the payment of salaries and wages of officers or employees engaged in a strike against the Government.—Subject to existing civil service rules and regulations and the proper administrative proceedings, no part of the funds of, or available for expenditures by, any department or agency of the Government shall be used to pay the salaries or wages of any officer or employee who engages in a strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines or who is a member of an organization of government employees that in the opinion of the Secretary of Justice asserts the right to strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines or who in the opinion of said secretary of Justice advocates the overthrow of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines by force or violence: Provided, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered sufficient evidence that the person making the affidavit has not contrary to the provisions of this section engaged in a strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, is not a member of any organization of government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, or that such person does not advocate and is not a member of an organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines by force or violence.