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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1072 - AN
ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED
BY COMMONWEALTH ACTS NUMBERED SEVENTY-SEVEN AND THREE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-THREE |
Section 1.
Section eight of Act Numbered Forty-one hundred and sixty-six, as
amended by Commonwealth Acts Numbered Seventy-seven and Three hundred
and twenty-three, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 8.
The Sugar Quota Administrator shall allocate among all planters engaged
in the growing of sugarcane, the total amount of "B" and "C" sugar, the
manufacture whereof may be permitted in any given year, as provided in
section five of this Act.cralaw "(a) Of the
total quantity of "B" sugar which may be permitted to be manufactured
in any given year, sixty per cent, but in no instance less than one
hundred fifty thousand four hundred fifty-five short tons thereof shall
be allocated among plantation owners adherent to standard, marginal and
sub-marginal mills as such standard, marginal and sub-marginal mills
are defined in Executive Order Numbered Nine hundred one, dated October
thirty, nineteen hundred and thirty-five, and in the manner therein
provided. "(b) The
balance of the total quantity of "B" sugar which may be permitted to be
manufactured in any given year, after deducting the amount allocated
under paragraph (a) hereof and the amelioration allotments provided for
in paragraph (d) hereof shall be allocated (1) to sugarcane land owners
who are not holders of any allotment as well as (2) to plantation
owners who are holders of allotments whose production is in excess of
their individual total "A" and "B" allotments, the first in proportion
to their production during the 1948-1949, 1949-1950, 1950-1951,
1951-1952, 1952-1953, and 1953-1954, crop years, whichever is the
largest and the second in proportion to their production in excess of
their total "A" and "B" allotments, during the 1948-1949, 1949-1950,
1950- 1951, 1951-1952, 1952-1953, and 1953-1954, crop years, whichever
is the largest: Provided, however, That the determination of the crop
year with the largest production shall be made by the Sugar Quota
Administration which shall make a certification as to such production
after due verification of actual production.cralaw "(d) The Sugar
Quota Administrator shall be authorized to set aside and allocate
equitably not more than four thousand short tons of the total domestic
sugar to be used as amelioration allotment for sugarcane and sugar
producers whose total allotment is less than one hundred piculs:
Provided, That such amelioration allotment shall not be transferable
except be testate or intestate succession. "The twenty-five thousand tons of
sugar quota allotted to the Philippines for export for the free market
as determined by the International Agreement for the regulations of the
production and marketing of sugar of 1953 and any other "C" sugar quota
shall be allocated among all plantation owners in proportion to their
respective "E" allotments as finally computed for any given crop year."
Sec. 2. The following section to be known as section eight-A is hereby inserted between sections eight and nine of Act Numbered Forty-one hundred and sixty-six, and to read as follows: "Sec. 8-A.
If after the termination of milling in each sugar central in any
milling season, the holder of any allotment is not able to mill enough
sugar to fill his allotment for that year, the amount of such allotment
which he cannot file during such milling season shall be reallocated by
the Sugar Quota Administration to other holders of allotments first
within the same district, and then to other districts or in such other
manner as may insure the filling of the quota for that year: Provided,
That no reallocation under the provision of this section shall diminish
the allotment to which the holder may be entitled in any subsequent
crop year." Sec. 3. Section nine of Act Numbered Forty-one hundred and sixty-six is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 9.
The domestic allotment corresponding to each piece of land under the
provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be an improvement attaching
to the land entitled thereto. In the absence of milling contracts, or
where such milling contracts shall have expired, such allotment shall
be transferable in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be
issued by the Sugar Quota Office: Provided, however, That the right of
the plantation owner to transfer the domestic allotment attachment to
the land from one milling district to another, shall not in any manner
be curtailed, limited or in any way prejudiced." Sec. 4. A section is hereby inserted after section sixteen of Act Numbered Four thousand one hundred sixty-six-A to be known as section sixteen-A to read as follows: "Section 16-A.
Any person who falsifies a report of production for the purpose of
increasing a planter's allocation as contemplated in section eight (b)
of this Act shall, without prejudice to any criminal liability, forfeit
his allocations under this Act; and any person who shall give
information which shall lead to the discovery of any falsification of
reports or production shall be given fifty per cent of the planter's
allocation thus forfeited." Sec. 5. A section is hereby inserted after section eighteen of Act Numbered Four thousand one hundred sixty-six to be known as section eighteen-A to read as follows: "Section 18-A.
Any existing legislation, executive orders, or administrative orders
which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed." Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.cralaw Approved: June 15, 1954 |