AMENDING SECTION 1309 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE AS AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 821
• Sections: 3

Preamble

WHEREAS, the Philippine has embarked on a program of

expansion of its international trade;

WHEREAS, the program requires expeditious documentation of

commercial shipments to and from the Philippines;

WHEREAS, certain provisions of the Tariff and Customs Code

hamper the issuance of consular invoices covering importations into the

Philippines;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,

do hereby adopt and make as part of the law of the land the following

amendments to Republic Act No. 5499:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section 1309 of the Tariff and Customs Code as

amended by Presidential Decree No. 34 dated October 27, 1972, is hereby

amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 1309. The commercial invoke required by the

preceding section shall, in all cases falling under Section 1310, be

presented at the time of or before or immediately after the shipment of

the articles to a consular officer of the Philippines for certification.

Certification shall be made in such form and manner as shall be

prescribed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The form shall

henceforth be referred to in this Act as consular invoice.

"The consular invoice shall be certified in the consular

district in which the articles were manufactured or purchased or from

which they are shipped, as the case may be; Provided, that in

the absence of a Philippine consul in the country of exportation,

manufacture or purchase, the invoice may be certified by the consular

officer in the district nearest the place of exportation or by any other

person specifically designated by the Secretary of Foreign

Affairs."

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect immediately.

Done

in the City of Manila, this 31st day of October, in the year of Our

Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary