An Act Making the Ozamis City Subport a Port of Entry, by Amending the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor

REPUBLIC ACT No. 4768

An Act Making the Ozamis City Subport a Port of Entry, by Amending the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, and Authorizing the Appropriation of Funds Therefor

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

Section 1. Section seven hundred one of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Thirty-seven hundred fifty-seven, is further amended to read as follows:

Section 2. The sum of five hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment and operation of the customs service at the port of Ozamis City.

Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 18, 1966.

"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, Saul, Tabaco, Cebu, Pulupandan, Sia-in, Iloilo, Davao, Legaspi, Zamboanga, Jolo, Aparri, Jose Panganiban, Cayagan, Tacloban, San Fernando, Hinigaran, Dumaguete City, Maasin, Masao, Batangas and Ozamis City."