Republic Act

Republic Act No. 1381

Republic act no. 1371

REPUBLIC ACT No. 1371

In plain language

An act that defines, classifies, fixes and regulates all charges and fees in Philippine ports, excluding customs duties, internal revenue taxes, and tonnage dues, establishing fee schedules for harbor entrance/departure, wharfage, and berthing, along with exemptions.

  • Definition of harbor, wharfage, berthing, storage, and arrastre charges.
  • Establishment of fee schedule for entrance and departure from ports, including coastwise rates based on tonnage.
  • Exemption list for certain vessels (bunker fuel, short stays, government vessels, pleasure craft).
  • Wharfage fee of two pesos per gross metric ton on imported/exported goods, with special rate for logs.
  • Berthing fee of four centavos per registered gross ton for vessels with cargo sheds, and three centavos for those without, with daily maximum limits.
  • Exemption from berthing fees during suspension of cargo discharge.
  • Additional provisions regarding non-cargo vessels (incomplete).
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 1381

An Act Converting the Odiongan High School in the Municipality of Odiongan, Province of Romblon, into a National Agricultural School Which Shall be Known as the Odiongan National Agricultural School

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

Section 1

The Odiongan High School in the Municipality of Odiongan, Province of Romblon, is hereby converted into a national agricultural school which shall be known as the Odiongan National Agricultural School. The said school shall be under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Schools.

Section 2

The sum of three hundred thousand pesos is authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the expenses of the said school during the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, including the purchase or expropriation of additional land for the use of the said school, and of equipment and supplies. Thereafter, the necessary sum of its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Acts.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 18, 1955.

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