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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1951
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1951 -
FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SectionS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1183, AS
AMENDED BY BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 38 AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1935
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WHEREAS,
Presidential Decree No. 1935 prescribes the present rates of Travel Tax;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in response to the clamor of certain sectors, the amendment of
certain sections thereof has become necessary, so that the travel tax
levied on contract workers is restored to its previous rate, which was
the peso equivalent of US$23 for first-class passage and the peso
equivalent of US$17 for economy class passage instead of the peso
equivalent of US$60 and US$35 for first-class passage and for economy
class passage, respectively;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree the further amendment of certain sections of
Presidential Decree No. 1183, as amended as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 2-A of Presidential Decree No.
1183, as amended by Section 3 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 38 and Section 4
of Presidential Decree No. 1935, is hereby further amended by adding
two (2) paragraphs to read as follows:cralaw:red
"e) Officials and employees of travel agencies,rlines
and shipping companies, travelling on non-revenue tickets, discounted
tickets and tickets with service fees, as part of their employment
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"f) Filipino journalists whose travel is in pursuit
of journalistic assignments, duly certified by their editors."
Section 2. Section 2-B, as inserted by Batas Pambansa
Blg. 38 and as amended by Section 5 of the Presidential Decree No.
1935, is hereby further amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 2-B. Contract workers, their spouses and
dependents 21 years of age or below, with approved employment contracts
and duly certified by the Ministry of Labor and Employment, shall be
subject to a rate of the peso equivalent of Twenty-three Dollars (US
$23.00) for first class passage and the peso equivalent of Seventeen
Dollars (US $17.00) for economy class passage."
Section 3. All laws, decrees, orders and regulations
or parts thereof, which are inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed
or modified accordingly. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 5th day of September in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-four.
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