Amendment to Sec. 1180 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)
Act No. 3479, approved on December 7, 1928, amends Section 1180 of the Administrative Code concerning the inspection of foreign-owned steamships operating in Philippine waters. It mandates the Bureau of Customs to perform technical inspections of Philippine vessels and foreign steamships on common trade routes, focusing on their hulls, engines, and boilers. Certain foreign vessels, specifically U.S. passenger steamers with valid inspection certificates and those from countries with similar inspection laws, are exempt from rigorous inspections beyond verifying the condition stated in their certificates. The law ensures that coastwise traffic vessels are inspected at least annually, or biennially for wooden vessels.
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- What is Amendment to Sec. 1180 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) about?
- Act No. 3479, approved on December 7, 1928, amends Section 1180 of the Administrative Code concerning the inspection of foreign-owned steamships operating in Philippine waters. It mandates the Bureau of Customs to perform technical inspections of Philippine vessels and foreign steamships on common trade routes, focusing on their hulls, engines, and boilers. Certain foreign vessels, specifically U.S. passenger steamers with valid inspection certificates and those from countries with similar inspection laws, are exempt from rigorous inspections beyond verifying the condition stated in their certificates. The law ensures that coastwise traffic vessels are inspected at least annually, or biennially for wooden vessels.
- What type of law is Act No. 3479?
- Amendment to Sec. 1180 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) (Act No. 3479) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Amendment to Sec. 1180 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) enacted?
- Amendment to Sec. 1180 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code) (Act No. 3479) was enacted on Dec 7, 1928.
- What is the citation for Amendment to Sec. 1180 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)?
- Amendment to Sec. 1180 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3479, Dec 7, 1928 (Philippines)
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3479
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 7, 1928
ACT NO. 3479
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION OF STEAMSHIPS OF FOREIGN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND EXEMPTING SUCH VESSELS FROM INSPECTION, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
SECTION 1. Section eleven hundred and eighty of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 1180. Inspection of hulls, boilers, and other constructional features. — In the exercise of the authority confided in the Bureau of Customs over the coastwise trade and over Philippine vessels and shipping generally, it shall be the duty of the Insular Collector to cause adequate technical inspections to be made from time to time and as occasion may require of the hulls, engines, boilers, and other mechanical and constructional features of all Philippine vessels and of all steam vessels of foreign private ownership navigating in any waters of the Philippine Islands, on common trade routes open to general or competitive navigation, and carrying passengers from any port of the Philippine Islands to any other place or country, and to fix the standards which must be attained in respect thereto: Provided, however, That the following vessels shall not be subjected to any inspection other than that required to convince the local inspectors that the condition of the vessel, its boilers and life-saving equipment are as stated in the current certificate of inspection: (a) passenger steamers of the United States having unexpired inspection certificates issued by competent authorities of said country; (b) passenger steamers belonging to other countries having inspection laws resembling those of the Philippine Islands, if the laws of said countries grant to Philippine steamships visiting said countries privileges identical to those granted to steamships of said countries visiting the Philippine Islands, but not otherwise. The hulls, engines, and boilers of all steam vessels engaged in coastwise traffic shall be inspected at least once a year, or in case of the hull of a wooden vessel, at least once every two years."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, December 7, 1928. CADHcI
Cite This Law
Amendment to Sec. 1180 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3479, Dec 7, 1928 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 1180 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3479 (Phil. 1928)
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