[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1391]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 15--THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
SUBCHAPTER VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 1391. Transfer of property and rights to Philippine
Commonwealth
All the property and rights which may have been acquired in the
Philippine Islands by the United States under the treaties mentioned in
the first section of this Act, except such land or other property as has
heretofore been designated by the President of the United States for
Military and other reservations of the Government of the United States,
and except such land or other property or rights or interests therein as
may have been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with law, are
granted to the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands
when constituted.
(Mar. 24, 1934, ch. 84, Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 459.)
References in Text
Treaties mentioned in the first section of this Act, referred to in
text, were treaty of peace between the United States and Spain of
December 10, 1898, and treaty between Spain and the United States
concluded at Washington, Nov. 7, 1900.
The first section of this Act, referred to in text, is section 1 of
act Mar. 24, 1934, which was classified to section 1231 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions, and was omitted from the Code.
Since their independence, the Philippine Islands have been a
republic, and are no longer designated as a ``Commonwealth'', referred
to in text. See note below.
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