Exemption of Infanta and Principe and Polillo Island, Now Part of Tayabas, from Payment of Land Tax
Act No. 569, enacted on December 23, 1902, exempts the districts of Infanta and Principe, along with the Island of Polillo, from paying land tax for that year due to insufficient time for tax assessment and collection. The act also postpones the appraisal and assessment of lands for taxation in these areas for one additional year. This legislation was expedited to address the public good, highlighting the urgency of the matter. The act takes effect immediately upon its passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 569
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
December 23, 1902
ACT NO. 569
AN ACT EXEMPTING THE DISTRICTS OF INFANTA AND PRINCIPE AND THE ISLAND OF POLILLO, NOW A PART OF TAYABAS PROVINCE, FROM PAYMENT OF THE LAND TAX FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO
SECTION 1. In view of the insufficient time to complete the assessment and collection of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and two in the districts of Infanta and Principe and the Island of Polillo, annexed to the Province of Tayabas by Act Numbered Four hundred and seventeen of the Philippine Commission, the collection of the land tax provided by the Municipal Code and the Provincial Government Act is hereby suspended in such districts and island for the year nineteen hundred and two.
SECTION 2. The date prescribed by section fifty-two of the Municipal Code for the appraisement and assessment of lands for taxation purposes is hereby postponed for the period of one year in that territory heretofore included in the districts of Infanta and Principe and the Island of Polillo, now a part of the Province of Tayabas.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage. cdtech
Enacted: December 23, 1902
Cite This Law
Exemption of Infanta and Principe and Polillo Island, Now Part of Tayabas, from Payment of Land Tax, Act No. 569, Dec 23, 1902 (Philippines)
Exemption of Infanta and Principe and Polillo Island, Now Part of Tayabas, from Payment of Land Tax, Act No. 569 (Phil. 1902)
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