An Act to Amend Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Making a Toll Road of all that Part of the Benguet Road Situate, Lying, and being within the Boundaries of the Mountain Province," by Providing for the Regulation of Passage of Traffic of All Kinds Thereon
Act No. 2008, enacted on December 20, 1910, amends a prior law concerning the Benguet Road within the Mountain Province, designating it as a toll road for freight and merchandise vehicles. The Governor-General is granted authority to establish toll rates, regulate traffic, and create necessary regulations for the road's management, with the option to discontinue toll collection when deemed beneficial to the public interest. Revenue generated from tolls is to be allocated for collection expenses and road maintenance. Additionally, vehicles from the Army, Navy, or other U.S. Government departments may be exempt from toll fees.
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- Act No. 2008
- Date Enacted
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- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 20, 1910
ACT NO. 2008
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING A TOLL ROAD OF ALL THAT PART OF THE BENGUET ROAD SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE," BY PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF PASSAGE OF TRAFFIC OF ALL KINDS THEREON
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and fifty-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare that portion of the Benguet Road within the Mountain Province, a toll road for vehicles carrying freight or merchandise, to make and promulgate rates and methods of payment of toll, and to regulate the passage of traffic of all kinds thereon, and to make and promulgate such other regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act and to discontinue the collection of toll whenever in his judgment the public interest require. The proceeds of all tolls collected under the provisions of this Act shall be devoted, under the direction of the Governor-General, to the payment of the expenses of collection of the toll and of the maintenance and repair of said road. The Governor-General may exempt vehicles of the Army, Navy, or other Department of the United States Government from the payment of the toll."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, December 20, 1910. DETACa
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An Act to Amend Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Making a Toll Road of all that Part of the Benguet Road Situate, Lying, and being within the Boundaries of the Mountain Province," by Providing for the Regulation of Passage of Traffic of All Kinds Thereon, Act No. 2008, Dec 20, 1910 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Making a Toll Road of all that Part of the Benguet Road Situate, Lying, and being within the Boundaries of the Mountain Province," by Providing for the Regulation of Passage of Traffic of All Kinds Thereon, Act No. 2008 (Phil. 1910)
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