An Act Providing That the Word "Embezzlement" as Used in Section Forty of Act Numbered One Hundred and Eighty-Three, as Amended, Shall Be Construed to Include the Offense of "Estafa."

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:SECTION 1. The word "embezzlement" as used in section forty of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the  City of Manila,"  as amended by section ten of Act Numbered Two hundred and sixty-seven, shall be construed to include the offense of "estafa" punished by the Penal Code.SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.Enacted, January 26, 1911.