An Act to Amend Section 8 of Act No. 1459, as Amended
Act No. 2452, enacted on January 30, 1915, amends the Corporation Law to impose a fee for filing articles of incorporation by nonstock corporations, which was previously ambiguous in its exemption from such fees. The amendment specifies a fee of twenty-five pesos to be collected by the chief of the division of archives, patents, copyrights, and trademarks within the Executive Bureau. Additionally, it ratifies and approves any fees already collected from nonstock corporations prior to this amendment. The law takes effect immediately upon its passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2452
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 30, 1915
ACT NO. 2452
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, KNOWN AS "THE CORPORATION LAW," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING A FEE TO BE COLLECTED FOR THE FILING OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION BY NONSTOCK CORPORATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, although it was not the intention of the Legislature to exempt nonstock corporations from the payment of the fee for the filing of their articles of incorporation with the division of archives, patents, copyrights, and trademarks of the Executive Bureau, yet section eight of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, as amended by Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and thirty-five, might be construed as exempting them from such payment: Now, therefore, cADEIa
SECTION 1. Section eight of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, as amended by section one of Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and thirty-five, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the following provisos:
"Provided, however, That the chief of the division of archives, patents, copyrights, and trade-marks of the Executive Bureau shall collect and receive a fee of twenty-five pesos from every nonstock corporation filing articles of incorporation under the provisions of this Act: Provided, further, That all collections of fees heretofore made by said chief of division for the said purpose from nonstock corporations are hereby ratified and approved."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 30, 1915.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Section 8 of Act No. 1459, as Amended, Act No. 2452, Jan 30, 1915 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section 8 of Act No. 1459, as Amended, Act No. 2452 (Phil. 1915)
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