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Act No. 1493 Section 17

Act No. 1493 Section 17

Section 17

SEC. 17. (a) No postal savings hank deposit shall lie subject to taxation by the Insular Government, or any provincial or municipal government in the Philippine Islands. (b) The deposit book of a depositor in the Postal Savings Bank shall not be a proper security for a loan, debt, or obligation of any kind, and no such claim of any person, firm, or corporation holding a deposit book of the Postal .Savings Bank shall he recognized as a valid claim against a depositor's account. (c) Deposits in the Postal Savings Bank which bear interest in accordance with the provisions of section ten of this Act shall not be liable to attachment for debt: Provided. That amounts to the credit of any depositor in excess of the limit upon which interest is payable shall be attachable the same as deposits in other banking institutions.

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CitationAct No. 1493 Section 17 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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

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