AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY, MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPAL DISTRICT CONCERNED, OF ALL FINES AND SURCHARGES COLLECTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF FOREST LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
Year:
1949
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 14, 1949
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This Act mandates an equal distribution of fines and surcharges collected for violations of forest laws between the National Government and the local government units concerned. It aims to ensure that local governments benefit from penalties imposed for such violations.Full Text
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 371, June 14, 1949 ]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY, MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPAL DISTRICT CONCERNED, OF ALL FINES AND SURCHARGES COLLECTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF FOREST LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in all cases of violation of forest laws and regulations, one-half of the fine or surcharge impose shall accrue to the general fund of the National Government, and the other half, to the general fund of the municipality or municipal district where the violate was committed and the fine or surcharge collected.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, June 14, 1949.
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