Amendments to Section 63 of Act No. 82 (Municipal Code)
Act No. 551, enacted on December 4, 1902, amends Section 63 of the Municipal Code to allow the Board of Assessors to reduce land assessments for properties that have permanently lost value due to floods, storms, or other casualties. The amendment specifically includes provisions for assessing land affected by such events in the preceding year. The legislation emphasizes the urgent need for this change, facilitating its swift passage. This act takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 551
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 4, 1902
ACT NO. 551
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY TWO, THE MUNICIPAL CODE, SO AS TO ENABLE THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS TO REDUCE THE ASSESSMENT ON ANY LAND WHICH HAS SUFFERED A PERMANENT LOSS IN ITS VALUE BY FLOOD, STORM, OR OTHER CASUALTY
SECTION 1. Section sixty-three of Act Numbered Eighty-two, the Municipal Code, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "during the preceding year" in the next to the last line thereof and before the words "and for the addition to the list" in the same line, the following: "or whose land already assessed shall have suffered a permanent loss of value by reason of flood, storm, or other casualty during the preceding year."
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-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted: December 4, 1902
Cite This Law
Amendments to Section 63 of Act No. 82 (Municipal Code), Act No. 551, Dec 4, 1902 (Philippines)
Amendments to Section 63 of Act No. 82 (Municipal Code), Act No. 551 (Phil. 1902)
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