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BP 39 (Foreign Agents Act of 1979) Section 4

Registration.

Section 4

SEC. 4. Registration.— (1) Every person who is now a foreign agent shall, within thirty days after this Act takes effect, and every person who shall hereafter become a foreign agent shall, within ten days thereafter, file with the Ministry of Justice a true and a complete registration statement, under oath, which shall set forth— The name, principal business address, and all other business and residence addresses in the Philippines or elsewhere, if any, of the registrant. The name of the foreign principal or other person/s or organization/s for which such person is acting as agent. A copy of the contract/s of employment, or in the absence thereof, a full statement of the terms and conditions, under which such person acts or agrees to act as agent. The date when such contract or each of such contracts was made, the date of commencement of activity thereunder and the period during which such contract or each of such contracts is to be in effect. The compensation to be paid, if any, and the form and manner of such compensation. The name of every foreign principal or other person, or organization which contributed or which has promised to contribute to the compensation provided for such contract. A detailed statement of every activity which the registrant is performing or is assuming or purporting or has agreed to perform for himself or any other person other than a foreign principal and which requires his registration. If the registrant be a partnership, association, or corporation, a true and complete copy of its charter, articles of incorporation, association, constitution, and by-laws and any other instruments relating to its organizations, powers and purposes. Such other statements, information or documents as the Ministry of Justice for purposes of this Act may from time to time require. (2) The termination of the status of the foreign agent shall not relieve him from his obligation to file a registration statement in accordance with this Act for the period during which he was such an agent.

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

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