Full Title
AN ACT TO FIX THE EQUIVALENT OF THE PICUL AS A UNIT OF MEASURE IN POUNDS AND GRAMS.
Congress
7th Philippine Legislature
Date of Approval
November 27, 1925

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
ACT

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 24 no. 8 page 133 (1/19/1926)

Full Text of Issuance

[ Act No. 3245, November 28, 1925 ]

AN ACT TO FIX THE EQUIVALENT OF THE PICUL AS A UNIT OF MEASURE IN POUNDS AND GRAMS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled  and by the authority of the same:SECTION  1. The use of the unit of measure known as "picul" is hereby authorized within the Philippine Islands.SEC. 2. The equivalent of picul is. hereby fixed at one hundred and thirty-seven and one-half  Spanish  avoirdupois pounds, or  sixty-three thousand two hundred  and fifty grams, any agreement to the contrary notwithstanding.SEC. 3. Any person violating any provision of this Act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand pesos nor less than fifty pesos and in case of  insolvency, to suffer imprisonment not  exceeding three months nor less than ten days.SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect three months after its approval.Approved. November 28, 1925.

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