Amendment to Section 265 of C.A. No. 466 Re: Charges on Firewood Cut in Public Forests

June 14, 1947 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 153 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 1. Section two hundred and sixty-five of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred sixty-six, known as the National Internal Revenue Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 265. Charges on firewood cut in the public forest . On firewood cut in the forests and forest reserves, the following charges shall be collected: On bacauan, langaray, pototan, and tagal, per cubic meter, forty centavos. On other woods, per cubic meter, twenty centavos. Only third or fourth-group wood can be taken for firewood. However, at the discretion of the Director of Forestry, first and second-group woods may be removed for firewood purposes from land which is more valuable for agricultural than for forest purposes." SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 14, 1947 Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 43, No. 7, p. 2600 in July 1947