Amendment to Section 265 of C.A. No. 466 Re: Charges on Firewood Cut in Public Forests
Republic Act No. 153, enacted on June 14, 1947, amends Section 265 of the National Internal Revenue Code regarding charges for firewood cut from public forests. It establishes fees for specific types of wood, with bacauan, langaray, pototan, and tagal charged at forty centavos per cubic meter, while other woods are charged twenty centavos per cubic meter. The law permits the harvesting of third or fourth-group wood for firewood, and under certain conditions, allows the Director of Forestry to permit the removal of higher-grade woods if the land is deemed more suitable for agriculture. This amendment took effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Republic Act No. 153
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Republic Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
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 tañgal, 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
Cite This Law
Amendment to Section 265 of C.A. No. 466 Re: Charges on Firewood Cut in Public Forests, Republic Act No. 153, Jun 14, 1947 (Philippines)
Amendment to Section 265 of C.A. No. 466 Re: Charges on Firewood Cut in Public Forests, Republic Act No. 153 (Phil. 1947)
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