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PD 1959 Section 28

PD 1959 Section 28

Section 28

SEC. 28. Section 233 of this Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Sec. 233. Stamp tax on policies of insurance upon property.—On all policies of insurance or other instruments by whatever name the same may be called, by which insurance shall be made or renewed upon property of any description, including rents or profits, against peril by sea or on inland waters, or by fire or lighting, there shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of thirty centavos on each four pesos, or fractional part thereof, of the amount of premium charged: Provided, however, That no documentary stamp tax shall be collected on reinsurance contracts or on any instrument by which cession or acceptance of insurance risks under any reinsurance agreement is effected or recorded.

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