Amendment to Administrative Code Re: San Jose, Samar as Port of Entry
Republic Act No. 1906, enacted on June 22, 1957, amends the Administrative Code by designating San Jose, Province of Samar, as an official port of entry in the Philippines. It updates the list of collection districts and their respective ports, maintaining the authority of the Insular Collector of Customs to make further changes. The Act also allocates 200,000 pesos from the National Treasury for the establishment and operation of customs services at the newly designated port. The law took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette on October 15, 1957.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 1906
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 22, 1957
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1906
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, BY ADDING SAN JOSE, PROVINCE OF SAMAR, AS PORT OF ENTRY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SECTION 1. Section eleven hundred fifty-one of the Administrative Code, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Eleven hundred seventy-three, is further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 1151. Collection districts and ports of entry thereof . — For administrative purposes, the Philippines shall be divided into nineteen collection districts, the respective limits of which may be changed from time to time in the discretion of the Insular Collector of Customs, but the Province of Pangasinan shall belong to the district of Pangasinan, with Sual as its port of entry, and the Province of Quezon to the district of Quezon, with Hondagua as its port of entry. The principal ports of entry for the respective collection districts shall be Manila, Sual, Tabaco, Cebu, Pulupandan, Hondagua, Iloilo, Davao, Legaspi, Zamboanga, Jolo, Aparri, Jose Panganiban, Cagayan, Tacloban, San Fernando, Hinigaran, Dumaguete City, and San Jose."
SECTION 2. The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment and operation of the customs service at the port of San Jose.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 22, 1957
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 53, No. 19, p. 6457 on October 15, 1957
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Amendment to Administrative Code Re: San Jose, Samar as Port of Entry, Republic Act No. 1906, Jun 22, 1957 (Philippines)
Amendment to Administrative Code Re: San Jose, Samar as Port of Entry, Republic Act No. 1906 (Phil. 1957)
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