COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 512 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE |
Section
1. Paragraph three hundred and forty-nine of section eleven of the
Philippine Tariff Act of nineteen hundred and nine is
repealed. Section2. Section fourteen of the Philippine Tariff Act of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, as amended by Acts Numbered Thirty-four hundred and twenty-nine, Thirty-eight hundred and eighteen, Thirty-nine hundred and seventeen, and Commonwealth Act Numbered Two hundred and thirty-two is further amended so as to read as follows: "Section14. That there shall be
levied and collected upon all articles, goods, wares, or merchandise,
except coal, lumber, creosoted, and other pressure treated materials as
well as other mirror forest products, cement, guano, natural rock
asphalt, the minerals and ores of copper, lead zinc, iron, and steel
metals, refractory gold ores, and sugar molasses, the products of the
Philippines, exported through ports of entry of the Philippines, or
shipped therefrom to the United States or any of its possession a duty
of one dollar per gross ton of one thousand kilos, as a charge for
wharfage, irrespective of the port of destination or nationality of the
exporting vessel. In the case of logs, flitches twelve inches square or
equivalent cross-sectional area, or over, a charge of thirty cents per
cubic meter shall be collected. All articles, goods, wares, or merchandise imported, exported, or shipped in transit for the use of the Government of the United States, or of that of the Philippines shall be exempt from the charge prescribed in this section." Section3. Section twenty-one of the Philippine Tariff Act of nineteen hundred and nine is amended so as to read as follows: "Section21. That on all fuel
imported into the Philippines which is afterwards used for the
propulsion of vessels of the United States of Philippine registry and
engaged in trade with foreign countries, or between ports of the United
States and the Philippines, or in the Philippine coastwise trade, a
refund shall be allowed equal to the duty imposed by law upon such
fuel, less one per centum thereof, which shall be paid under such rules
and regulations as may be prescribed by the Insular Collector of
Customs." Section4. When this Act shall have been approved by the President of the United States, as provided in section two, subsection (a), paragraph nine of the Act of Congress of March twenty-four, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, entitled "An Act to provide for the complete independence of the Philippine Islands, to provide for the adoption of a constitution and a form of government for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," such fact shall be made known by proclamation of the President of the Philippines, and this Act shall take effect on the date of said proclamation. Approved: December 22, 1939, with the exception of section 3. |