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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 821
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 821
- AMENDING Section 1309 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE AS AMENDED AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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WHEREAS,
the Philippine has embarked on a program of expansion of its
international trade;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the program requires expeditious documentation of commercial
shipments to and from the Philippines;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, certain provisions of the Tariff and Customs Code hamper the
issuance of consular invoices covering importations into the
Philippines;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
adopt and make as part of the law of the land the following amendments
to Republic Act No. 5499:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 1809 of the Tariff and Customs
Code as amended by Presidential Decree No. 34 dated October 27, 1972,
is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"Sec. 1309. The commercial invoice required by the
preceding section shall, in all cases falling under Section 1310, be
presented at the time of or before or immediately after the shipment of
the articles to a consular officer of the Philippines for
certification. Certification shall be made in such form and manner as
shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The form shall
henceforth be referred to in this Act as consular invoice.
"The consular invoice shall be certified in the consular district in
which the articles were manufactured or purchased or from which they
are shipped, as the case may be: Provided, that in the absence of a
Philippine consul in the country of exportation, manufacture or
purchase, the invoice may be certified by the consular officer in the
district nearest the place of exportation or by any other person
specifically designated by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 31st day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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