An Act Authorizing and Directing Registers of Deeds to Perform Certain Duties of Commercial Registers as Defined in Title Two of the Code of Commerce, and Providing that the Documenting, Registry, Enrollment, and Licensing of Vessels in Accordance with the Customs Administrative Act and the Customs Rules and Regulations shall be Deemed to be a Registry of Vessels with the Meaning of Said Title
Act No. 1288, enacted on January 23, 1905, empowers registers of deeds and provincial treasurers to perform specific duties related to commercial registration as outlined in Title Two of the Code of Commerce. While these officials are authorized to handle various commercial registrations, they are not mandated to register vessels. The act clarifies that the documentation, registration, and licensing of vessels, as per the Customs Administrative Act, will be considered a form of vessel registration under the Code of Commerce. The law was expedited for immediate implementation due to public interest.
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- Act No. 1288
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January 23, 1905
ACT NO. 1288
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING REGISTERS OF DEEDS TO PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTERS AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE, AND PROVIDING THAT THE DOCUMENTING, REGISTRY, ENROLLMENT, AND LICENSING OF VESSELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AND THE CUSTOMS RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A REGISTRY OF VESSELS WITH THE MEANING OF SAID TITLE
SECTION 1. Registers of deeds and provincial treasurer who are performing the duties of registers of deeds are hereby authorized and directed to perform the duties of commercial registers as defined in Title Two of the Code of Commerce: Provided, however, That such registers of deeds shall not be required to register vessels or to keep a register of vessels in said title.
SECTION 2. The documenting, registering, enrolling, and licensing of vessels in accordance with the Customs Administrative Act and customs rules and regulations shall be deemed to be a registry of vessels within the meaning of Title Two of the Code of Commerce, unless otherwise provided in said Customs Administrative Act or in said customs rules and regulations.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, January 23, 1905.
Cite This Law
An Act Authorizing and Directing Registers of Deeds to Perform Certain Duties of Commercial Registers as Defined in Title Two of the Code of Commerce, and Providing that the Documenting, Registry, Enrollment, and Licensing of Vessels in Accordance with the Customs Administrative Act and the Customs Rules and Regulations shall be Deemed to be a Registry of Vessels with the Meaning of Said Title, Act No. 1288, Jan 23, 1905 (Philippines)
An Act Authorizing and Directing Registers of Deeds to Perform Certain Duties of Commercial Registers as Defined in Title Two of the Code of Commerce, and Providing that the Documenting, Registry, Enrollment, and Licensing of Vessels in Accordance with the Customs Administrative Act and the Customs Rules and Regulations shall be Deemed to be a Registry of Vessels with the Meaning of Said Title, Act No. 1288 (Phil. 1905)
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