PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3757 - AN ACT
MAKING THE PORT OF MASAO IN THE CITY OF BUTUAN A PORT OF ENTRY BY
AMENDING THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND
AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR
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Section
1. Section seven hundred one of Republic Act Numbered
Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, otherwise known as the Tariff and
Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended by Republic Act Numbered
Thirty-three hundred seventy-eight, is further amended to read as
follows:
"Sec.
701. Collection Districts and Port 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, Tobacco, Cebu, Pulupandan, Sia-in, Iloilo, Davao,
Legaspi, Zamboanga, Jolo, Aparri, Jose Panganiban, Cagayan, Tacloban,
San Fernando, Hinigaran, Dumaguete City, Maasin, Masao and
Batangas."
Sec. 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 Masao in the City of Butuan. Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved: June 22, 1963 |