An Act to Amend Section Forty-Seven of Act Numbered One Hundred and Eighty-Three
Act No. 1621, enacted on March 27, 1907, amends Section 47 of Act No. 183, which incorporated the City of Manila. The amendment reduces the annual tax on the assessed value of real estate in Manila for 1907 from two percent to one and one-half percent. While one percent of the assessed value is due by July 1, 1907, the remaining half percent must be paid by December 31, 1907. The act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1621
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 27, 1907
ACT NO. 1621
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF MANILA," BY PROVIDING THAT THE ANNUAL TAX ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OF REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF MANILA FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN SHALL BE ONE AND ONE-HALF PER CENTUM THEREOF
SECTION 1. Section forty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," is hereby amended by providing that the annual tax on the assessed value of all real estate in the city of Manila subject to taxation shall be, for the year nineteen hundred and seven, one and one-half per centum thereof instead of two per centum thereof as now provided by said section. The requirement of said section that one per centum of the assessed value of all such real estate shall be payable on or before the first day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, shall not be affected by the provisions of this Act. The remaining one-half per centum shall be payable on or before the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and seven. aScITE
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, March 27, 1907.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Section Forty-Seven of Act Numbered One Hundred and Eighty-Three, Act No. 1621, Mar 27, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section Forty-Seven of Act Numbered One Hundred and Eighty-Three, Act No. 1621 (Phil. 1907)
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