AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8048, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE CUTTING OF COCONUT TREES, ITS REPLENISHMENT, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Coconut Preservation Act of 1995
Year:
2013
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
May 29, 2013
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This Act amends certain sections of Republic Act No. 8048, which regulates the cutting of coconut trees and ensures their replenishment. It establishes guidelines for when coconut trees may be cut and introduces penalties for violations of these regulations.Full Text
Fifteenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand twelve.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 10593
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8048, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE CUTTING OF COCONUT TREES, ITS REPLENISHMENT, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Section 4 of Republic Act. No. 8048, also known as the "Coconut Preservation Act of 1995″, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. Section 5 of Republic Act No. 8048 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3. A new Section 7 is hereby inserted after Section 6 of this Act, to read as follows:
Section 4. Section 7 of Republic Act No. 8048, hereby renumbered as Section 8, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 5. Section 8 of Republic Act No. 8048, hereby renumbered as Section 9, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 6. The succeeding sections are hereby renumbered accordingly.
Section 7. Separability Clause. – If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provisions not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
Section 8. Repealing Clause. – All laws, issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 9. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days from its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 3366 and House Bill No. 6131 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on January 28, 2013 and January 30, 2013, respectively.
Approved: MAY 29 2013
(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines
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