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REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2252 - AN ACT
AMENDING SUBSECTION (i), SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT
NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN BY REMOVING THE EXEMPTIONS FROM
THE PAYMENT OF TARIFF DUTIES CERTAIN PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS NOT
EXCEEDING FIVE HUNDRED PESOS IN VALUE, AND ARTICLES IN ANY SINGLE
SHIPMENT CONSIGNED TO ANY SINGLE PERSON NOT EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED PESOS |
Section 1.
Subsection (i), section one hundred five of Republic Act Numbered
Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, otherwise known as the Tariff and
Customs Code of the Philippines, is amended to read as follows: "i. Wearing
apparel and household effects, including those articles provided for
under subsection 'j' and 'k', and belonging to residents of the
Philippines returning from abroad, which were exported from the
Philippines by such returning residents upon their departure therefrom
or during their absence abroad, upon the identify of such articles
being established to the satisfaction of the Collector of Customs;
articles of the same kind and class purchased in foreign countries by
residents of the Philippines during their absence abroad and
accompanying them upon their return to the Philippines, or arriving
within a reasonable time which, barring unforeseen circumstances in no
case shall exceed ninety (90) days before or after the owner's return,
upon proof satisfactory to the Collector of Customs that same have been
in their use abroad for more than three months."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 18, 1959. |
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