Amendment to Section 47 of Act No. 183 (Re: Incorporation of City of Manila)
Act No. 1190, enacted on July 5, 1904, amends the tax rate on real estate in Manila by reducing the annual tax from two percent to one and a half percent of the assessed value for that year. The new tax structure stipulates that one percent is due by July 1, 1904, and the remaining half percent by December 31, 1904. The Act emphasizes the urgency for passage to serve the public good and takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1190
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 5, 1904
ACT NO. 1190
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF MANILA," BY PROVIDING THAT THE ANNUAL TAX ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OF REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF MANILA FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR SHALL BE ONE AND ONE-HALF PER CENTUM THEREOF
SECTION 1. Section forty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," is hereby amended by providing that the annual tax on the assessed value of all real estate in the city of Manila subject to taxation for the year nineteen hundred and four shall be one and one-half per centum thereof, instead of two per centum thereof as now provided by said section: Provided, That one per centum of the assessed value of all such real estate shall be payable on or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and four, and one-half per centum thereof shall be payable on or before the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and four, in satisfaction of said tax.
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixty, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage. casia
Enacted, July 5, 1904
Cite This Law
Amendment to Section 47 of Act No. 183 (Re: Incorporation of City of Manila), Act No. 1190, Jul 5, 1904 (Philippines)
Amendment to Section 47 of Act No. 183 (Re: Incorporation of City of Manila), Act No. 1190 (Phil. 1904)
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