Amendment to Revised Administrative Code Re: Fixed Fees of Bureau of Customs

October 3, 1946

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 49

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

SECTION 1. Section fourteen hundred and fourteen of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 1414. Fixed Fees. — For acts done, services rendered, and documents issued by the Bureau of Customs, the following fixed fees shall be charged and collected, by requiring the affixture of documentary customs stamps in the proper amount to the instrument which is the subject of the charge or other paper indicated as the proper recipient of the stamps and by the cancellation of such stamps in a manner to be prescribed by the Insular Collector; and no instrument or paper subject to such charge shall be used or granted by any customs official until the proper stamp or stamps have been affixed and cancelled: Provided, however, That fees of twenty pesos or over may be paid in cash: aisa dc

"(a)	For each certificate of Philippine register
	or ownership:
"1.	In case of a vessel of not more than fifteen
	tons gross	P15.00
"2.	In case of a vessel of more than fifteen but
	not more than fifty tons gross	20.00
"3.	In case of a vessel of more than fifty but
	not more than one hundred tons gross	30.00
"4.	In case of a vessel of more than one hundred
	but not more than two hundred and fifty
	tons gross	50.00
"5.	In case of a vessel of more than two
	hundred and fifty but not more than five
	hundred tons gross	75.00
"6.	In case of a vessel of more than five hundred
	but not more than seven hundred and
	fifty tons gross	100.00
"7.	In case of a vessel of more than seven
	hundred and fifty but not more than
	one thousand tons gross	150.00
"8.	In case of a vessel of more than one
	thousand but not more than one
	thousand five hundred tons gross	200.00
"9.	In case of a vessel of more than one
	thousand five hundred but not more
	than three thousand tons gross	250.00
"10.	In case of a vessel of more than three
	thousand but not more than five
	thousand and tons gross	350.00
"11.	In case of vessel of more than five
	thousand tons gross	500.00
"(b)	For each entrance from a foreign port	20.00
"(c)	For each clearance to a foreign port	20.00
"(d)	For each coastwise entrance or clearance
	(to be charged at ports of entry only):
"1.	In case of a vessel from six to fifteen
	tons net	.50
"2.	In case of a vessel more than fifteen
	but not more than seventy-five tons net	1.00
"3.	In case of a vessel of more than
	seventy-five but not more than one
	hundred and fifty tons net	2.00
"4.	In case of a vessel of more than one
	hundred and fifty but not more than
	two hundred and fifty tons net	3.00
"5.	In case of a vessel of more than two
	hundred but not more than two
	hundred and fifty tons net	5.00
"6.	In case of a vessel of more than two
	hundred and fifty but not more
	than three hundred tons net	6.00
"7.	In case of a vessel of more than
	three hundred but not more than
	four hundred tons net	8.00
"8.	In case of a vessel of more than
	four hundred tons net	10.00
"(e)	For each coastwise license or renewal thereof:
"1.	In case of a vessel propelled in whole
	or in part by steam or other
	mechanical motive power, per
	registered net ton	2.00
"2.	In case of a sailing vessel or vessel
	not propelled by steam or other
	mechanical motive power, per
	registered net ton	1.00
"(f)	For each bay and river license, or
	renewal thereof, per registered net ton	1.50
"(g)	For each permit to transfer vessel from
	one class to another	10.00
"(h)	For each annual certificate of
	inspection issued to vessels:
"1.	In case of a vessel of from six to
	one hundred tons gross	2.00
"2.	In case of a vessel of more than
	one hundred but not more than
	five hundred tons gross	5.00
"3.	In case of a vessel of more than
	five hundred tons gross	10.00
"(i)	For each special permit to operate vessels:
"1.	In case of a vessel of one hundred
	tons gross or less	5.00
"2.	In case of a vessel of more than one
	hundred but not more than two
	hundred tons gross	8.00
"3.	In case of a vessel of more than two
	hundred but not more than four
	hundred tons gross	16.00
"4.	In case of a vessel of more than
	four hundred but not more than
	six hundred tons gross	24.00
"5.	In case of a vessel of more than
	six hundred but not more than
	eight hundred tons gross	32.00
"6.	In case of a vessel of more than
	eight hundred but not more than
	one thousand tons gross	40.00
"7.	In case of a vessel over one thousand
	tons gross, for every one hundred
	tons gross or fraction thereof	4.00
"(j)	For each bill of health accepted	2.00
"(k)	For each outward foreign passenger
	list accepted	2.00
"(l)	For each amendment allowed to a
	foreign inward manifest	1.00
"(m)	For each permit (to others than
	passengers) to take cigars aboard
	ship, per thousand cigars	1.00
"(n)	For each permit (to others than
	passengers) to take cigarettes
	aboard ship, per thousand cigarettes	.50
"(o)	For each original import or export
	entry, exceeding fifty pesos in value	2.00
"(p)	For each entry for immediate
	transportation in bond	2.00
"(q)	For each original internal revenue
	entry	1.00
"(r)	For each original withdrawal entry
	from any bonded warehouse	1.00
"(s)	For each bond accepted or renewed	2.00
"(t)	For each approval of application in
	respect to a transaction covered by
	general bond	2.00
"(u)	For each examination for, or license
	of a customs broker:
"1.	For each examination	20.00
"2.	For each license	50.00
"(v)	For each protest filed, the fee to be
	returned if the protest is decided
	in whole or in part in favor of the
	protestant	5.00
"(w)	For all certificates not hereinabove
	specified, exclusive of such as are made in
	the course of routine administration in
	the Bureau and which do not subserve
	any special pecuniary interest of the
	party concerned therein	5.00"

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. cd i

Approved: October 3, 1946

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