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Amending Certain Sections of the National… Section 229

Amending Certain Sections of the National… Section 229

Section 229

SEC. 229. Stamp tax on negotiable promissory notes, bills of exchange, drafts, certificates of deposit bearing interest and others not payable on sight or demand.—On all bills of exchange (between points within the Philippines), drafts or certificates of deposits drawing interest, or orders for the payment of any sum of money otherwise than at sight or on demand, or on all negotiable promissory notes, except bank notes issued for circulation, and on each renewal of any such note, there shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of four centavos on each two hundred pesos, or fractional part thereof, of the face value of any such bill of exchange, draft, certificate of deposit, or note.

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Other provisions in TITLE VI.—DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAXES

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CitationAmending Certain Sections of the National… Section 229 (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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