An Act Amending Section Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Providing for Fees for Governors, Sheriffs, and Other Persons Serving Process
Act No. 1647, enacted on May 16, 1907, amends Section 789 of Act No. 190 concerning the fees charged by governors, sheriffs, and other officials serving legal process. The amendment introduces a fee of five cents for each one hundred words exceeding 350 in the complaint when the officer provides the copy for defendants. If the complainant supplies the copies for each defendant, no additional fees will be charged. The Act emphasizes the need for expedited passage due to public interest and took effect immediately upon enactment.
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- Act No. 1647
- Date Enacted
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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May 16, 1907
ACT NO. 1647
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, PROVIDING FOR FEES FOR GOVERNORS, SHERIFFS, AND OTHER PERSONS SERVING PROCESS
SECTION 1. Section seven hundred and eighty-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso: TIADCc
"PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That in serving summons and copy of complaint upon defendants, if copy of the complaint is furnished by the officer, there shall be charged for each one hundred words in excess of three and fifty words in the original complaint, in each copy of the complaint served, five cents; but if copy of complaint for each defendant is furnished by the complainant no additional fee shall be charged for said copy."
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, May 16, 1907.
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An Act Amending Section Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Providing for Fees for Governors, Sheriffs, and Other Persons Serving Process, Act No. 1647, May 16, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Providing for Fees for Governors, Sheriffs, and Other Persons Serving Process, Act No. 1647 (Phil. 1907)
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