Amendment to Sec. 1414 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)

March 1, 1933

ACT NO. 4056

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

SECTION 1. Section fourteen hundred and fourteen of the Revised Administrative Code is hereby 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 stamp 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 issued or granted by any customs official until the proper stamp or stamps have been affixed and cancelled:

"(a)		For each certificate of Philippine register —
	"1.	In case of a vessel of less than fifteen tons gross	P2.50
	"2.	In case of a vessel of from fifteen to five
		hundred tons gross	5.00
	"3.	In case of a vessel of more than five
		hundred tons gross	10.00
"(b)	For each certificate of ownership —
	"1.	In case of a vessel of fifteen tons gross or less	2.50
	"2.	In case of a vessel of more than fifteen tons gross	5.00
"(c)	For each entrance from a foreign port	4.00
"(d)	For each clearance to a foreign port	4.00
"(e)	For each coastwise entrance or clearance to
		(be charged at ports of entry only) —
	"1.	In case of a vessel of from six to
		seventy-five tons net	P.50
	"2.	In case of a vessel of more than
		seventy-five but not more than one
		hundred and twenty-five tons net	1.00
	"3.	In case of a vessel of more than one
		hundred and twenty-five but not more
		than two hundred tons net	2.00
	"4.	In case of a vessel of more than two hundred
		but not more than three hundred tons net	3.00
	"5.	In case of a vessel of more than three
		hundred tons net	4.00
"(f)	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	1.50
	"2.	In case of a sailing vessel or vessel not propelled
		by steam or other mechanical motive power,
		per registered net ton	1.00
"(g)	For each bay and river license, or renewal thereof,
	per registered net ton	1.00
"(h)	For each permit to transfer vessel from one
	class to another	5.00
"(i)	For each annual certificate of inspection and for
	each special permit to operate 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
"(j)	For each bill of health accepted	1.00
"(k)	For each outward foreign passenger list accepted	1.00
"(l)	For each permit for transfer of Chinese crew	5.00
"(m)	For each amendment allowed to a foreign inward manifest	.50
"(n)	For each permit (to others than passengers) to take
	cigars aboard ship, per thousand cigars	1.00
"(o)	For each permit (to others than passengers) to take
	cigarettes aboard ship, per thousand cigarettes	.50
"(p)	For each original import or export entry, exceeding fifty
	pesos in value	1.00
"(q)	For each entry for immediate transportation in bond	1.00
"(r)	For each original internal-revenue entry	.50
"(s)	For each original withdrawal entry from any
	bonded warehouse	.50
"(t)	For each bond accepted or renewed	1.00
"(u)	For each approval of application in respect to
	a transaction covered by general bond	1.00
"(v)	For each certificate of residence	10.00
"(w)	For each special return certificate	20.00
"(x)	For each duplicate original landing certificate of residence
	and each duplicate originals special return certificate	20.00
"(y)	For each miscellaneous affidavit relative to immigration
	to be used in lieu of other immigration certificates to
	establish the right of an immigrant to enter or return
	to this country	20.00
"(z)	For examination and licensing of a customs or
	immigration broker to be paid once only	20.00
"(AA)	For each protest filed, the fee to be returned if the protest
		is decided in whole or in part in favor of the protestant	2.00
"(BB)	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	2.00"

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

Approved, March 1, 1933.