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Republic Act
Approved August 25, 1954

Republic Act No. 979

An act to amend republic act numbered six hundred ninety-eight, entitled act to limit the importation of leaf tobacco

AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT, ENTITLED ACT TO LIMIT THE IMPORTATION OF LEAF TOBACCO

In plain language

Republic Act No. 1194 amends RA 598 to limit the importation of leaf tobacco, establishing specific percentage limits for 1954 and 1955, and detailed regulations for the importation, allocation, and purchase of Virginia-type leaf tobacco. The Act introduces new sections governing distribution by the Monetary Board, licensing requirements, local procurement through the ACCFA, and sets price schedules for locally grown leaf tobacco.

  • Importation limits of 40% (1954) and 25% (1955) of 1950 totals
  • Allocation of imported Virginia-type leaf tobacco by Monetary Board
  • Licensing requirements for importers
  • Local purchase of leaf tobacco by ACCFA with defined price schedules
  • Definitions of processed tobacco and Virginia-type leaf tobacco
  • Presidential authority to assist ACCFA in local purchases
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RA 1194

REPUBLIC ACT No. 979

An Act Amending Republic Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight Entitled "An Act Granting Municipal or City Boards and Councils the Power to Regulate the Establishment, Maintenance and Operation of Certain Places of Amusement Within Their Respective Territorial Jurisdictions"

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

Section 1

Section one of Republic Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-eight is hereby amended to read as follows:

> "Sec. 1. The municipal or city board or council of each chartered city and the municipal council of each municipality and municipal district shall have the power to regulate or prohibit by ordinance the establishment, maintenance and operation of night clubs, cabarets, dancing schools, pavilions, cockpits, bars, saloons, bowling alleys, billiard pools, and other similar places of amusements within its territorial jurisdiction: Provided however, That no such places of amusements mentioned herein shall be established, maintained and/or operated within a radius or five hundred lineal meters from any public buildings, schools, hospitals and churches. And Provided, further, That this Act shall not apply to establishments operating by virtue of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred eighty-five nor to pre-war establishments that owned, before the outbreak of the war on December seven, nineteen hundred and forty-one, concrete building for the purpose and have reconstructed such building and resumed operation before the approval of this Act."

Section 2

Any law, executive order or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: May 21, 1954.

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