PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 783 - AN ACT TO
AMEND PARAGRAPH ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN, CLASS IX, OF SECTION EIGHT OF
THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF 1909, BY PROVIDING EXEMPTION OF NEWSPRINT
FROM CUSTOMS DUTY IN CERTAIN CASES |
| Section 1.
Paragraph numbered one hundred and forty-seven, Class IX of section
eight of the Philippine Tariff Act of nineteen hundred and nine as
continued in force and effect by Republic Act Numbered Three, is
amended for read as follows: "147. Printing
paper, white or colored, suitable for books not printed or otherwise
elaborated, and sand, glass, emery, carborundum, and similar papers,
and sheathing and roofing paper, ten per centum ad valorem: Provided,
That printing paper, white or colored, suitable for newspapers, not
printed or otherwise elaborated, whenever imported by or for publishers
for exclusive use in the publication of newspapers, shall be exempt
from payment of duty.
Sectino 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 21, 1952 |