Title
Amendment on irrigation fee payment terms
Law
Executive Order No. 170
Decision Date
Oct 18, 1938
Manuel L. Quezon's Executive Order No. 170 allows landowners with delinquent irrigation fees prior to 1937 to pay without penalty by the end of 1938 or to settle in ten installments over the next decade, provided they have paid their 1937 charges on time.

Q&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 170)

Executive Order No. 170 amends Paragraph (2) of Executive Order No. 161 dated August 23, 1938.

It amends the regulations governing the administration and collection of delinquent irrigation fees from landowners under irrigation systems constructed under Act No. 2152, as amended.

Delinquent landowners may pay their charges in full without penalty by December 31, 1938, or they may opt for a ten-year period starting September 1, 1938, to pay with penalties and publication expenses in 10 equal installments.

The deadline to pay in full without penalty is December 31, 1938.

Landowners may pay in 10 equal installments over a period of ten years from September 1, 1938.

Yes, penalties and expenses of publication are included in the unpaid charges under the installment plan.

Yes, any landowner who has paid one or more installments may pay the remaining balance in full without paying additional penalties.

Landowners must have paid their irrigation charges for the year 1937 on or before December 31, 1938.

Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, signed the Executive Order.

Executive Order No. 142, dated February 15, 1938, was revoked by Executive Order No. 170.


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