Making Puerto Princesa, Palawan a Port of Entry

June 21, 1969

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5787

AN ACT MAKING PUERTO PRINCESA, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, A PORT OF ENTRY, BY AMENDING THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. Section seven hundred one or Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines is further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 701. Collection Districts and Ports of Entry thereof. — For administrative purposes the Philippines shall be divided into as many collection districts as there are at present existing, the respective limits of which may be changed from time to time by the Commissioner upon the approval of the department head. The principal ports of entry for the respective collection districts shall be Manila, Sual, Tabaco, Cebu, Pulupandan, Sia-in, Iloilo, Davao, Legazpi, Zamboanga, Jolo, Aparri, Jose Panganiban, Cagayan, Tacloban, San Fernando, Hinugaran, Dumaguete City, San Jose, Maasim, Masao, Iligan City, Batalay, Supang, Virac, Cabugao, Gaang, Dagupan City, Bislig, Ozamis City, Catbalogan, Batangas, Surigao and Puerto Princesa."

SECTION 2. The sum of five hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment and operation of the customs service at the Port of Puerto Princesa.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Enacted without Executive approval, June 21, 1969.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 66, No. 3, p. 510 on January 19, 1970