Republic Act No. 2031
Year:
1957
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 23, 1957
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This Act amends Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-Six by removing tugboats and lighters from the jurisdiction, supervision, and control of the Public Service Commission. The amendment aims to clarify the regulation of these types of vessels.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 2031
AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION (C), SECTION FOURTEEN, OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, BY REMOVING FROM THE JURISDICTION, SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TUGBOATS AND LIGHTERS.
Section 1. Subsection (c), section fourteen, of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and forty-six, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and fifty-four, is further amended to read as follows:
"(c) Vehicles drawn by animals and bancas moved by oar or sail, and tugboats and lighters."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Enacted, without executive approval, June 23, 1957.
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