An Act Providing for the Collection of Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise Imported into the Islands for Use of the Insular, Provincial, or Municipal Governments
Act No. 875, enacted on September 9, 1903, mandates that all goods imported for the benefit of the Insular, provincial, or municipal governments in the Philippines are subject to the same duties as those imported for private individuals. It prohibits government contracts from stipulating free entry of materials or supplies. The Collector of Customs is instructed not to grant free entry for goods imported for government purposes, with the exception of previously established contracts that specifically allow for duty-free materials. The Act emphasizes the necessity for prompt implementation for the public good and took effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 875
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 9, 1903
ACT NO. 875
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF DUTIES ON GOODS, WARES, AND MERCHANDISE IMPORTED INTO THE ISLANDS FOR USE OF THE INSULAR, PROVINCIAL, OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
SECTION 1. All goods, wares, and merchandise imported for the benefit of the Insular, provincial, or municipal governments of the Islands shall pay the same duties as those imposed upon goods, wares, and merchandise imported for private persons, and no government contract hereafter made for work, materials, or supplies shall stipulate for free entry of materials or supplies by the contractor.
SECTION 2. The Collector of Customs shall not make any free entry of goods, wares, and merchandise imported for the Insular Government or the provincial or municipal governments: Provided, however, That this Act shall not affect the free entry of goods for the completion of government contracts already made, a specific term of which provides that the material to be used in the performance of the contract shall be brought in free duty.
SECTION 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expected in accordance with section two of "Act 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, September 9, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Providing for the Collection of Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise Imported into the Islands for Use of the Insular, Provincial, or Municipal Governments, Act No. 875, Sep 23, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Providing for the Collection of Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise Imported into the Islands for Use of the Insular, Provincial, or Municipal Governments, Act No. 875 (Phil. 1903)
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