An Act To Amend Section Twenty-Seven of Act Numbered Three Hundred and Fifty-Five, Entitled "An Act to Constitute the Customs Service of the Philippine Archipelago and to Provide for the Administration Thereof," as Amended, by Providing for the Remission of Duties on Importations of The Value Of Less than One Dollar
Act No. 1781, enacted on October 12, 1907, amends Section 27 of Act No. 355 regarding the Customs Service in the Philippines. The amendment allows customs collectors to remit duties on imports valued at less than one dollar and to refrain from seizing goods of that value, unless there are habitual violations of revenue laws. Collectors are also required to report certain legal matters to the Secretary of Finance and Justice. This law aims to facilitate the efficient processing of minor imports for the public good and took effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 1781
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- Philippines
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- Congress of the Philippines
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October 12, 1907
ACT NO. 1781
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONSTITUTE THE CUSTOMS SERVICE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING FOR THE REMISSION OF DUTIES ON IMPORTATIONS OF THE VALUE OF LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR
SECTION 1. Section twenty-seven of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An Act to constitute the Customs Service of the Philippine Archipelago and to provide for the administration thereof," as amended by section one of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and thirty-five, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows: caITAC
"SEC. 27. Collectors are required to report to the Secretary of Finance and Justice and the Insular Collector in matters of impending litigation, such as suits upon bonds executed to secure the payment of duties, seizures of goods for violation of the revenue laws, and actions brought against them as collectors for acts done or moneys collected in the line of their duty.
"They shall have discretionary power, within their respective districts, to remit the assessment of duties in cases where the dutiable value of an importation is less than one dollar, or to dispense with the seizure of goods less than one dollar in value, except in cases of habitual or intentional violation of the revenue laws and of prohibited importation."
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, October 12, 1907.
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An Act To Amend Section Twenty-Seven of Act Numbered Three Hundred and Fifty-Five, Entitled "An Act to Constitute the Customs Service of the Philippine Archipelago and to Provide for the Administration Thereof," as Amended, by Providing for the Remission of Duties on Importations of The Value Of Less than One Dollar, Act No. 1781, Oct 12, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act To Amend Section Twenty-Seven of Act Numbered Three Hundred and Fifty-Five, Entitled "An Act to Constitute the Customs Service of the Philippine Archipelago and to Provide for the Administration Thereof," as Amended, by Providing for the Remission of Duties on Importations of The Value Of Less than One Dollar, Act No. 1781 (Phil. 1907)
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