Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 1173)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 1173 is to amend Section 1151 of the Administrative Code by adding Dumaguete City as a port of entry and authorizing the appropriation of funds for its establishment and operation.
Section 1151 of the Administrative Code is amended by Republic Act No. 1173.
The Philippines is divided into eighteen collection districts for administrative purposes according to Republic Act No. 1173.
Dumaguete City is added as a new port of entry by Republic Act No. 1173.
Section 2 authorizes the appropriation of two hundred fifty thousand pesos for the establishment and operation of the customs service at the port of Dumaguete City.
The respective limits of the collection districts may be changed from time to time at the discretion of the Insular Collector of Customs.
The Province of Pangasinan with Sual as its port of entry and the Province of Quezon with Hondagua as its port of entry are specifically mentioned.
The principal ports of entry include Manila, Sual, Tabaco, Cebu, Pulupandan, Hondagua, Iloilo, Davao, Legaspi, Zamboanga, Jolo, Aparri, Jose Panganiban, Cagayan, Tacloban, San Fernando, Hinigaran, and Dumaguete City.
Republic Act No. 1173 took effect upon its approval on June 18, 1954.
The Insular Collector of Customs has the discretion to change the limits of the collection districts.