ACT NO. 2297 - AN ACT AMENDING THE
THIRD PARAGRAPH OF SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY OF ACT NUMBERED ONE
HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY EXEMPTING MUNICIPALITIES AND
INDIVIDUALS DECLARED INSOLVENT FROM THE OBLIGATION TO PAY THE FEE IN
PROCEEDINGS FOR NONPAYMENT OF THE CEDULA TAX |
Section 1. Section seven hundred and ninety of Act Numbered
One hundred and ninety, as amended by Act Numbered Two thousand and
forty-one, is hereby further amended by making the third paragraph
thereof read as follows: "Provided, That in prosecutions
for infractions of municipal ordinances, the fee shall be one peso and
fifty centavos, and in the proceedings for nonpayment of the cedula tax
no fee shall be collected from the municipalities concerned nor from
the defendants when these are declared insolvent." Sec. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature. |