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Act No. 2676 — An Act to Amend Section Four Hundred and Seventy-Two of the Administrative Code, Authorizing the Remission of the Land Tax in Certain Cases.

Act No. 2676 — An Act to Amend Section Four Hundred and Seventy-Two of the Administrative Code, Authorizing the Remission of the Land Tax in Certain Cases.

Act No. 2676 · Act · Approved March 9, 1917 · 2 sections

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Section 1

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SECTION 1. Section four hundred and seventy-two of the Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 472. Remission of tax by provincial board.—In case of a general failure of crops or similar widespread disaster in any municipality or municipalities of a province, the provincial board of the same, by resolution passed prior to the first of January of any year, may remit, wholly or partially, the real-property tax or the penalties thereon for the succeeding year in the municipalities affected by the disaster; but a resolution so disposing must clearly state the reasons for such remission and shall not take effect until approved by the Secretary of the Interior."

Section 2

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SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, March 9, 1917.

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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