PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1412 - AN
ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN THE
PHILIPPINES OF MAIL MATTER AND TELEGRAMS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PHILIPPINES |
| Section 1. All
mail matter and telegrams of the President of the Philippines,
addressed for delivery within the Philippines, shall be received,
transmitted and delivered free of charge: Provided, That each such mail
matter when addressed to persons or offices other than government
officers or offices shall not exceed one hundred and twenty grams in
weight. Sec. 2. The envelope or wrapper of such mail matter shall bear on the left upper corner the words "President of the Philippines" and on the right upper corner the words "Penalty for private or unauthorized use to avoid payment of postage, five hundred pesos". Sec. 3. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred pesos.
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. |