PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2051 - AN ACT TO
AMEND SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF
THE PHILIPPINES |
| Section
1. Section eight hundred thirty of Republic Act
Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, otherwise known as the Tariff
and Customs Code of the Philippines, is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following paragraph: "(1) Every
vessel of Philippine registry of not less than ten gross tons nor more
than one hundred fifty gross tons, which is operated exclusively for
catching and transporting fish in the territorial waters of the
Philippines, shall be required to carry only one licensed navigator
regardless of grade or rank and one licensed engineer regardless of
grade or rank to man such fishing vessel."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: May 21, 1958 |