R.A. 6452
Year:
1972
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 17, 1972
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This Act designates the municipality of Masinloc in Zambales as a port of entry by amending the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines. The amendment updates the list of principal ports of entry for administrative purposes.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 6452
AN ACT MAKING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MASINLOC, PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES, A PORT OF ENTRY, BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED.
Section 1. Section seven hundred one of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, is further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 701. Collection Districts and Ports of Entry thereof. For administrative purposes, the Philippines shall be divided into as many collection districts as there are at present existing, the respective limits of which may be changed from time to time by the Commissioner, upon the approval of the department head. The principal ports of entry for the respective collection districts shall be Manila, Sual, Tabaco, Cebu, Pulupandan, Sia-in, Iloilo, Davao, Legaspi, Zamboanga, Jolo, Aparri, Jose Panganiban Cagayan, Tacloban, San Fernando, Hinigaran, Dumaguete City, San Jose, Maasin, Masao, Iligan City, Batangas, Surigao, Ozamis City, Cabugao, Virac, Batalay, Supang, Gaang, Dagupan City, Bislig, Catbalogan, Dadiangas, Mariveles and Masinloc."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1972
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