REPUBLIC ACT No. 4577
An Act Making the Port of Gaang in the Municipality of Currimao, Province of Ilocos Norte, a Port of Entry by Amending the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, and Authorizing the Appropriation of the Funds Necessary for the Establishment and Operation Thereof
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine 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 Twenty-three hundred seventy-eight, is further amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 701. Collection Districts and Ports of Entry thereof. For 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, Legazpi, Zamboanga, Jolo, Aparri, Jose Panganiban, Cagayan, Tacloban, San Fernando, Hinigaran, Dumaguete City, Maasin, Gaang and Batangas.
Section 2
The sum of one million 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 Gaang, Municipality of Currimao, Province of Ilocos Norte.
Section 3
This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 19, 1965.
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