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Long Title
AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE FORFEITURE AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY SEIZED BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED
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Date filed
July 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00102 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE FORFEITURE AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY SEIZED BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED | |
| ABSTRACT : The government's efforts to curb smuggling and other frauds have been stymied by the indiscriminate issuance of temporary retraining orders and injuctive reliefs by judicial authorities. This measure seeks to rationalize the forfeiture and disposition procedure of goods seized by the Bureau of Customs. Under the proposed bill, the Secretary of Finance, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Customs, shall be empowered to summarily seize smuggled goods and to sell the same. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ANGARA, JUAN EDGARDO M. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Reyes (003 ) | 2. Badelles (012 ) |
| 3. Marcos (012 ) | 4. Soon-ruiz (060 ) |
| 5. Nantes (063 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2005-02-08 | |
| 2. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2005-02-15 | |
| 3. Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2005-02-22 | |
| 4. Approved by the Committee on 2005-03-08 | |
| 5. Committee Report filed on 2005-03-29 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB04069 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON 2004-07-27 |
Abstract
The government's efforts to curb smuggling and other frauds have been stymied by the indiscriminate issuance of temporary retraining orders and injuctive reliefs by judicial authorities. This measure seeks to rationalize the forfeiture and disposition procedure of goods seized by the Bureau of Customs. Under the proposed bill, the Secretary of Finance, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Customs, shall be empowered to summarily seize smuggled goods and to sell the same."]
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