An Act to Amend The Philippine Tariff Law of Nineteen Hundred and Nine, Providing That Products of The United States Returned to The Philippine Islands from Foreign Ports Shall be Free of Duty, Under Certain Conditions
Act No. 2778, approved on May 6, 1918, amends the Philippine Tariff Law of 1909 to exempt certain products from the United States that are returned to the Philippines from foreign ports from duty, provided they meet specific conditions. The act specifies that articles grown, produced, or manufactured in the Philippines or the U.S. and previously exported will qualify for this exemption, as long as they haven't been improved in value or condition. The act will take effect following the approval of the U.S. President and a subsequent proclamation by the Governor-General. This amendment aims to facilitate trade between the Philippines and the United States.
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- Act No. 2778
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
May 6, 1918
ACT NO. 2778
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, PROVIDING THAT PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FROM FOREIGN PORTS SHALL BE FREE OF DUTY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
SECTION 1. Paragraph three hundred and forty-seven of section eleven of the Philippine Tariff Law of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended to read as follows:
"347. Articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the Philippine Islands, or of the United States and previously exported from the Philippine Islands, paintings which are works of art, and books exported to foreign country and returned without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means, and upon which no drawback or bounty has been allowed, and articles returned from foreign expositions, subject to identification under such rules and regulations as the Insular Collector of Customs shall prescribe."
SECTION 2. Upon the express or implicit approval of this Act by the President of the United States, as provided in the Act of Congress approved on August twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act to declare the purpose of the people of the United States as to the future political status of the people of the Philippine Islands, and to provide a more autonomous government for those Islands," the Governor-General shall so announce forthwith, by means of a proclamation, and this Act shall take effect on the date of such proclamation.
Approved: May 6, 1918.
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An Act to Amend The Philippine Tariff Law of Nineteen Hundred and Nine, Providing That Products of The United States Returned to The Philippine Islands from Foreign Ports Shall be Free of Duty, Under Certain Conditions, Act No. 2778, May 6, 1918 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend The Philippine Tariff Law of Nineteen Hundred and Nine, Providing That Products of The United States Returned to The Philippine Islands from Foreign Ports Shall be Free of Duty, Under Certain Conditions, Act No. 2778 (Phil. 1918)
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