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An Act to Remit the Interest Which Accrued from January First, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Two, to June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six, on All Obligations Contracted by Provincial, City and Municipal Governments in Favor of the National Government or of Any of the Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations, and to Extend for a Period of Four Years and Six Months the Payment of Such Obligations

Year:

1948

Category:

Other

Date Approved:

May 28, 1948

Summary

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This Act remits the interest accrued on obligations contracted by local governments in favor of the National Government from 1942 to 1946. It also extends the payment period for these obligations by four years and six months to help stabilize local finances.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 205

An Act to Remit the Interest Which Accrued from January First, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Two, to June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six, on All Obligations Contracted by Provincial, City and Municipal Governments in Favor of the National Government or of Any of the Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations, and to Extend for a Period of Four Years and Six Months the Payment of Such Obligations

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

Section 1. For the purpose of enabling the different provinces, cities and municipalities to stabilize their finances, all interests which accrued from January first, nineteen hundred and forty-two, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-six, on all obligations contracted by provincial, city and municipal governments in favor of the National Government or of any of the government-owned or controlled corporations are remitted, and the period of payment of the amortization on the said obligations is hereby extended for a term of four years and six months counted from the due date of the respective obligations.

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

Approved: May 28, 1948.


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