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Act No. 1459 Section 157

Act No. 1459 Section 157

Section 157

SEC. 157. From and after the filing with the Chief of the Division of Archives, Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks of the Executive Bureau of the said articles of incorporation, verified by affidavit or affirmation as aforesaid and accompanied by the copy of the commission, certificate of election, or letters of appointment of the bishop, chief priest, or presiding elder, duly certified as prescribed in the section immediately preceding, such bishop, chief priest, or presiding elder, as the ease may be, shall become a corporation sole, and all temporalities, estates, and properties of the religious denomination, society, or church heretofore administered or managed by him as such bishop, chief priest, or presiding elder shall be held in trust by him as a corporation sole, for the use, purpose, behalf, and sole benefit of his religious denomination, society, or church, including hospitals, schools, colleges, orphan asylums, parsonages, and cemeteries thereof. For the filing of such articles of incorporation the Chief of the said Division of Archives, Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks shall collect twenty-five pesos.

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CitationAct No. 1459 Section 157 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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