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Act No. 355 CHAPTER XXII.

Section 284–285 · 2 provisions

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Section 284

SEC. 284. The following papers shall not be issued, received, granted, or in any manner recognized by any customs officer unless there shall be affixed thereto a lawful customs stamp or stamps of the Philippine Islands, representing the value in United States currency as follows, subject to the exemptions prescribed by section one hundred and thirty-five of this Act for vessels possessing second-class coastwise licenses: Each clearance, $2.00 Original inward manifest of each vessel 2.00 Each outward foreign passenger list .50 Each bill of health .50 Each original export entry exceeding $25 in value .50 Each, original import entry exceeding $25 in value .50 Each original withdrawal entry .20 Each entry for immediate transportation in bond .50 Each original free entry, except free entries of stores for Government use, exceeding $10 in value .20 Each original certificate 0.50 Each original bond .50 Each copy of official document .50 Until fine provision can be made for printing a supply of customs stumps, the Insular Collector is authorized to make requisition upon the Collector of Internal Revenue of these Islands for a sufficient number of internal revenue stamps, which shall first be stamped across their face with the word "Customs," and then kept for sale by customs officers for use in compliance with the provisions of this section. The funds accruing from the sale of the internal-revenue stamps so used and sold for customs purposes, and from the sale of all customs stamps, shall be regularly deposited as customs collections. These stamps shall be in lieu of the internal-revenue stamps heretofore used on the above-mentioned customs documents.

Section 285

SEC. 285. The fees lawfully chargeable upon the issue to vessels of certificates of protection, or of licenses for the coasting trade, or other papers pertaining thereto, shall be received in cash by collectors before the issuance thereof, and the amount received and the date of such receipt and the signature of the officer receiving the same shall be entered on such paper.

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Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines — Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).