3rd Congress of the Republic (1954-1957)

Republic Act No. 1251

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SUB-ITEMS (G), (I) AND (J) OF ITEM 37, SUBSECTION (E), TITLE B, AND ITEM 55, GROUP I, SUBSECTION (A), TITLE G, OF SECTION I, REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS".
Date of Approval
June 10, 1955

Republic Act No. 1252

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE PASTURE LAND ACT, BY REQUIRING PERSONS LEASING OR USING PUBLIC LAND FOR PASTURE TO PUT UP AT LEAST ONE HEAD OF LARGE CATTLE BELONGING TO THE LESSEE OR PERMITEE FOR EVERY FIVE HECTARES THEREOF, AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ACT.
Date of Approval
June 10, 1955

Republic Act No. 1253

Full Title
AN ACT CONDONING THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST, PENALTIES AND SURCHARGES ON ESTATE AND INHERITANCE TAXES DUE FROM THE ESTATE OF VETERANS, GUERILLAS OR VICTIMS OF JAPANESE ATROCITIES WHO DIED DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
June 10, 1955

Republic Act No. 1254

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUB-ITEMS ONE TO SIXTEEN OF ITEM (D) FOR THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR, SUBSECTION (E), TITLE B, SECTION ONE, REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PUBLIC WORKS ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE.
Date of Approval
June 10, 1955

Republic Act No. 1262

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPLY OF DATA AND PUBLICATIONS BY THE VARIOUS OFFICES AND BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE DIVISION OF EACH HOUSE OF CONGRESS BY FURTHER AMENDING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
June 10, 1955

Republic Act No. 1266

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION (NARRA) TO EXPROPRIATE THE HACIENDA DEL ROSARIO, SITUATED AT VALDEFUENTE, CABANATUAN CITY AND SUBDIVIDE SAID HACIENDA INTO LOTS TO BE SOLD TO BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS THEREOF.
Date of Approval
June 11, 1955

Republic Act No. 1271

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING THE MISAMIS LUMBER COMPANY, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT RADIOTELEPHONE STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES TO AND FROM SAID STATIONS.
Date of Approval
June 14, 1955

Republic Act No. 1274

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE VI OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED."
Date of Approval
June 14, 1955

Republic Act No. 1275

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THIRTY-EIGHT, THIRTY-NINE, AND FORTY OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY BY ALLOWING DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS TO REPURCHASE WITHIN TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE THEIR REAL PROPERTY WAS SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO SATISFY TAXES THEREON.
Date of Approval
June 14, 1955

Republic Act No. 1276

Full Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE LIMIT OF THE BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT FROM THIRTY MILLION PESOS TO FORTY MILLION PESOS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SUBSECTION (M) OF SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY- TWO, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
June 14, 1955

Republic Act No. 1280

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
June 14, 1955

Republic Act No. 1286

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 2 (D) OF REPUBLIC A CT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND ONE, AS AMENDED, BY EXTENDING UP TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, THE VOLUNTARY PAYMENT WITHOUT INTERESTS OF PREWAR OBLIGATIONS.
Date of Approval
June 15, 1955

Republic Act No. 1287

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO ANY PERSON WHO DISCOVERS OR INVENTS A NEW PROCESS, DISCOVERY OR INVENTION FOR THE CONVERSION OF ANY NATIVE AGRICULTURAL RAW PRODUCT INTO A PRODUCT WHICH WILL STABILIZE NOT ONLY THE NATIONAL ECONOMY BUT ALSO THE DOLLAR RESOURCES.
Date of Approval
June 15, 1955

Republic Act No. 1290

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE BOND ISSUE AUTHORIZED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND, TO FINANCE THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND REHABILITATION BY THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF ITS CABANATUAN BRANCH EXTENDING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLARIDEL, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO THE CITY OF CABANATUAN.
Date of Approval
June 15, 1955

Republic Act No. 1291

Full Title
bAN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF REPUBLLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE A GRADUATED SCALE FOR THE INCOME TAX ON CORPORATIONS BY AMENDING SECTIONS TWENTY-FOUR AND FIFTY-FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMNEDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
June 15, 1955

Republic Act No. 1298

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARIKINA MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE MARIKINA PROJECT COORDINATING COMMITTEE TO SERVE AS THE IMPLEMENTING AGENCY OF THIS PROJECT, AUTHORIZING FINANCING BY ENTITIES CONCERNED OF THEIR SHARE OF THE COST OF THIS PROJECT; AND AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ILOG RIVER MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECT, AND FERTILIZER PLANT, AND FINANCING OF THE SAME AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE NECESSARY INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF THESE PROJECTS, AND FOR OTHERPURPOSES.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1955

Republic Act No. 1299

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING FURTHER SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX AS AMENDED, BY DEFINING THE WORDS "MINERALS" AND "MINERAL PRODUCTS." (CLARIFICATON IN COLLECTION OF ROYALTIES AND AD VALOREM TAXES)
Date of Approval
June 16, 1955