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RA 1596 Section 1

RA 1596 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. Subsection (d), section two of Republic Act Numbered Four hundred one, as amended, is further amended to read as follows: "(d) When the debtor was unable to pay an obligation which became due and demandable, or the interest which should have been paid during the said period because the assets of the creditor were under the control of the enemy and/or administered through the so-called Enemy Alien Property Custodian or other enemy instrumentality, and the debtor paid the interests to it in the belief that such payment was valid and effective payment to the creditor or because of fear that failure to comply with the demand would lead to reprisals on his person or property. "If the debtor, however, makes a voluntary payment of the entire pre-war unpaid principal obligation on or before the interests on such principal obligation corresponding December thirty-one, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, from January one, nineteen hundred and forty-six to the date of payment are likewise hereby condoned: Provided, however, That the debtor shall have paid at least ten per centum of the entire pre-war unpaid principal obligation within three months from the date of the approval of this Act: Provided, further, That in case any pre-war obligation is subject of any court litigation, then all interests thereon shall be condoned if the entire outstanding pre-war obligation shall be paid within sixty days from the finality of judgment against the debtor."

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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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