Section 1
SECTION 1. All citizens of the Philippines shall have preference in the lease of public market stalls.
Republic Act No. 37 (RA 37) — An Act Granting Preference to Filipino Citizens in the Lease of Public Market Stalls.
Republic Act No. 37 (RA 37) — An Act Granting Preference to Filipino Citizens in the Lease of Public Market Stalls.
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Section 2
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Finance is hereby empowered to promulgate the necessary rules to carry into effect the purposes of this Act.
Section 3
SEC. 3. All existing laws or parts thereof contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Section 4
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and forty-seven. Approved, October 1, 1946.
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