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An Act to Raise the Fees on Transfer of Large Cattle Amending Therefor

Year:

1948

Category:

Other

Date Approved:

June 9, 1948

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This Act raises the fees associated with the transfer of large cattle by amending Section 528 of the Revised Administrative Code. It mandates that every certificate of transfer shall bear a specified fee, which is to be paid to the municipal treasury.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 231

An Act to Raise the Fees on Transfer of Large Cattle Amending Therefor Section Five Hundred and Twenty-Eight of the Revised Administrative Code

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. Section five hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Administrative Code is amended, to read as follows:

Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 9, 1948.


"Sec. 528. Charge for certificate of transfer. — Disposal of the proceeds. — Every certificate of transfer shall bear printed on its face a stamp specimen of the value of two pesos, which shall be duly cancelled by the municipal treasurer with the seal of the municipality. The certificate required by this section shall be paid by the buyer, and the money received therefor shall be paid to the municipal treasury in the organized municipalities, and in the case of municipal districts, to the provincial treasury for the benefit of the municipal district concerned."

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