Inhibition on Government employees to buy at sale.
Section 156
SEC. 156. Inhibition on Government employees to buy at sale.—Public officials and employees of all grades are prohibited from buying real property at a tax sale.
Act No. 2339 Section 156
Act No. 2339 Section 156
Other provisions in CHAPTER FOUR.
- Section 149: Nature and extent of tax lien.
- Section 150: Civil remedies for collection of delinquent axes.
- Section 151: Distraint of personal property.
- Section 152: Same, mode of procedure and disposition of proceeds.
- Section 153: Release of distrained property upon payment prior to sale.
- Section 154: Report of sale to Bureau of Internal Revenue.
- Section 155: Levy on real estate after exhaustion of personalty.
- Section 158: Certificate of sale as evidence of right.
- Section 159: Purchase by Government at sale upon distraint.
- Section 160: Resale of real estate taken for taxes.
CitationAct No. 2339 Section 156 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)
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