Section 3
SEC. 3. A new section is hereby inserted after Section seven of the same Act to be known as Section seven-A, which shall read as follows: "SEC. 7-A. Power of Commissioner of Internal Revenue to obtain information; on potential taxpayers.—When it comes to the knowledge of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that certain offices of the national and local governments, such as the Office of Register of Deeds, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Philippines Patent Office, those of mayors and treasurers, the Government Service Insurance System, the Social Security System and others, possess valuable information for discovery of potential taxpayers, the Commissioner or his deputies shall obtain that information upon proper request from the offices concerned. It shall be the duty of those offices to furnish the desired information within thirty days from receipt of the request of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue or his deputies."