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Revised Penal Code Amendment
Approved June 13, 1958

Republic Act No. 2073

An act amending article one hundred and ninety of the revised penal code, so as to include marihuana and similar drugs among the prohibited drugs

An Act Amending Article One Hundred and Ninety of the Revised Penal Code, so as to Include Marihuana and Similar Drugs Among the Prohibited Drugs

In plain language

This act amends Article 190 of the Revised Penal Code to include Marihuana and similar drugs as prohibited drugs, imposing penalties and defining drug dens.

  • Amendment to Article 190 defining prohibited drugs including Marihuana, cannabis, and similar substances.
  • Establishment of penalties: arresto mayor, prision correccional, and fines up to ten thousand pesos.
Revised Penal Code
Drug Control
Marihuana
Penal Law

REPUBLIC ACT No. 2073

AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPHS 73.11 AND 73.21 OF CHAPTER 73, SCHEDULE XV, OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Section 1

Paragraph 73.11 of Chapter 73, Schedule XV, of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven is hereby amended to read as follows:

| "73.11 | Angles, shapes, sections and sheet piling, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged or cold-finished, whether or not drilled or punched, but not assembled: | | | --- | --- | --- | | A. | Angles of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension does not exceed eighty-eight millimeters and channels of which the maximum cross-section dimension does not exceed seventy-five millimeters | ad val. 25% | | B. | Riveted, welded, punched, or drilled | ad val. 80% | | C. | Other | ad val. 15%." | Section 2. Paragraph 73.21 of Chapter 73, Schedule XV, of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:

| "73.21 | Assembled sheet pilling of cast iron, iron or steel; girders, beams, joists and pillars made from assembled elements; structures and finished parts for assembly into structures (e.g., bridge sections, roofing frameworks, shutters, pylons, balconies, balustrades, verandas, window and frames) of cast iron, iron or steel | ad val. 80%." | Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 13, 1958

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