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Republic Act
Approved June 20, 1953

Republic Act No. 913

An act authorizing the president of the philippines to sell a certain parcel of land of the private domain of the national government to the national press club of the philippines, and likewise to sell to any other well recognized national association or associations of professionals with academic standing (lawyers, physicians, engineers, accountants, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, teachers and others) and the veterans, parcels of public land within the city of manila.

An Act Authorizing the President of the Philippines to Sell a Certain Parcel of Land of the Private Domain of the National Government to the National Press Club of the Philippines, and Likewise to Sell to Any Other Well Recognized National Association or Associations of Professionals with Academic Standing (Lawyers, Physicians, Engineers, Accountants, Dentists, Pharmacists, Nurses, Teachers and Others) and the Veterans, Parcels of Public Land Within the City of Manila.

In plain language

The Act authorizes the President of the Philippines to sell specific parcels of public land in Manila to the National Press Club of the Philippines and to other recognized national associations of professionals and veterans for the purpose of constructing permanent buildings.

  • Authorization to sell a parcel of land to the National Press Club for one peso.
  • Purpose: construction of a permanent National Press Building.
  • Restriction: title cannot be transferred without presidential authorization.
  • Reversion: land reverts to government if club is dissolved; improvements may be auctioned.
  • Sale to other well-recognized associations and veterans under similar conditions.
  • Act takes effect on approval.
Land Sale
Public Land
National Press Club
Professional Associations
Manila
Urban Planning Commission

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 913, June 20, 1953 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED SIX BY DEFINING THE TERM "LEASE" OR "CHARTER" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

Section 1

Section one of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred six is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 1. No person, corporation, association or entity whatsoever shall, without the approval of the President of the Philippines:

(a)transfer to or place under any foreign registry or flag at war with the Philippines any vessel owned in whole or in part by a citizen of the Philippines or by a corporation organized under the laws of the Philippines; or (b) sell, mortgage, lease, charter, deliver or in any manner transfer, directly or indirectly, to any person not a citizen of the United States or of the Philippines, or of a foreign country not at war with the Philippines, (1) any such vessel or any interest therein, or (2) any vessel registered under the laws of the Philippines or bearing a certificate of Philippine registry, or any interest therein, or (3) any shipyard, drydock, ship-building or ship-repairing plant or facilities, or any interest therein; or (c) enter into any contract, agreement, or understanding, to construct a vessel within the Philippines for or to be delivered to any person not a citizen of the United States or of the Philippines, or of a foreign country not at war with the Philippines, or to be placed under any foreign registry or flag at war with the Philippines, without expressly stipulating that such construction shall not begin while this Act is in full force and effect; or (d) make any agreement or effect any understanding whereby there is vested in or for the benefit of any person not a citizen of the United States or of the Philippines, the controlling interest or the majority of the voting power in a corporation which is organized under the laws of the Philippines, and which owns any vessel, shipyard, drydock, or ship-building or ship-repairing plant or facilities; or (e) cause or procure any vessel constructed in whole or in part within the Philippines, which has never cleared for any foreign port, to depart from a port of the Philippines before it has been registered under the laws of the Philippines. The term 'lease' or 'Charter' as used in this Act means a contract in which the owner of a vessel lets for consideration the whole or principal part thereof for the conveyance of goods and/or passengers on a particular voyage to one or more places or until the expiration of a specified time and surrenders unto the lessee or charterer the control, by vesting upon the latter the right to appoint the captain, officers and members of the crew, of the vessel leased or chartered during the duration of the contract.

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 20, 1953.

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