H. No. 3793 / 59 OG No. 50, 8570 (December 16, 1963)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3757, June 22, 1963 ]

AN ACT MAKING THE PORT OF MASAO IN THE CITY OF BUTUAN 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 Philippines in 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-three hundred Seventy-eight, is further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 701. Collection Districts and Port of Entry thereof.&mdashFor 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, Maasin, Masao and Batangas."

SEC. 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 Masao in the City of Butuan.SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.Approved, June 22, 1963.

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