PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. 751 - AN ACT TO
AMEND SECTION FOUR, SIX, SEVEN, AND TEN, AND REPEAL SECTION EIGHT AND
NINE, OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS "THE ALIEN REGISTRATION ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY," AS
AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT |
| Section 1.
Section four of Republic Act Numbered Five hundred and sixty-two,
otherwise as "The Alien Registration Act of Nineteen hundred and
fifty", is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 4.
Every alien to be registered, except those less than fourteen years of
age, shall pay fifty pesos as registration fee. As evidence of such
registration, a certificate shall be issued which shall contain the
name, age, date and place of birth, civil status, local residence,
occupation and photograph of the alien, and such other data with
respect to him, as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of
Immigration. In case of loss or destruction of such certificate, a
duplicate thereof shall be issued upon payment of ten pesos."
Sec. 2. Section six of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 6. Any
alien required to apply for registration who fails or refuses to make
such application, and any parent or legal guardian required to apply
for the registration of any alien, who fails or refuses to file
application for the registration of such alien shall, at the option of
the Commissioner of Immigration, be subject to an administrative fine
not exceeding two thousand pesos, or be prosecuted and upon conviction
be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos, or
imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
"Any alien, or any parent or legal guardian of any alien, who fails to give the written notice required by section five of this Act shall, at the option of the Commissioner of Immigration, be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding five hundred pesos, or be prosecuted and upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos or imprisonment for not less than six months, or both. "Any alien, or parent or legal guardian of any alien, who files an application of registration containing statements known by him to be false, or who procures or attempts to procure registration of himself or another person through fraud, or who utilizes a registration certificate other than his own, shall, at the option of the Commissioner of Immigration, be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding two thousand pesos, or be prosecuted and upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand pesos, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; and any alien so convicted within five years after entry into the Philippines shall be deported upon the warrant of the Commissioner of Immigration." Sec. 3. Section seven of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 7.
Every alien subject to the provisions of this Act shall, on demand of
any immigration official, or a member of the Philippine Constabulary,
police, or other peace officer, exhibit his certificate of
registration. In the case of an alien for whom a parent or legal
guardian has applied for the registration of such alien, the exhibition
of the certificate herein required shall be made by such parent or
legal guardian. Every alien, or parent or legal guardian of such alien,
violating this section shall, at the option of the Commissioner of
Immigration, be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding one
hundred pesos, or be prosecuted and upon conviction be punished by a
fine not exceeding two hundred pesos, or imprisonment for not more than
thirty days, or both."
Sec. 4. Sections eight and nine of the same Act are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. Section ten of the same Act, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Five hundred and seventy-eight, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Section 10.
Every alien subject to the provisions of this Act shall, within the
first sixty days of every calendar year, report in person to the Bureau
of Immigration, if residing in the City of Manila, or to the office of
the respective city or municipal treasurer, if residing in another
locality, or to the Chief of Immigration Officer should there be an
immigration office of the locality. The official in charge shall accept
such annual report in the manner to be prescribed by rules and
regulations. An annual report of ten pesos shall be paid by the alien.
The parent or legal guardian of an alien who is less than fourteen
years of age, shall have the duty of reporting for such alien:
Provided, That whenever any such alien attains his fourteenth birthday
in the Philippines, he shall thereafter report in person and pay the
required annual report fee of ten pesos once a year within the period
and at the place above designated.
"Failure to make the report herein required shall subject the alien, at the option of the Commissioner of Immigration, to an administrative fine not exceeding one hundred pesos, or to prosecution for violation of this section and upon conviction to be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred pesos, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both." Sec. 6. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of fifty thousand pesos, which shall be disbursed by the Commissioner of Immigration, with the approval of the President, for the payment of salaries and wages of necessary employees, and for sundry and incidental expenses to be incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act. Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval: Provided, however, That violations of the provisions of paragraphs one and two of section six and of section ten Republic Act Numbered Five hundred and sixty-two, committed prior to the approval hereof, shall be punished hereunder if the alien violator fails or refuses to comply with the legal requirements set forth under said provisions within ten days from the time he is served notice in writing of his violation of said provisions. Approved: June 18, 1952 |