QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 2276)
It makes certain Acts of the Third Philippine Legislature applicable to parts of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes, and provides rules on when they become effective.
It means the specified Acts have binding legal effect in the covered areas as if they were enacted for them, unless Act No. 2276 provides otherwise.
Section 1 enumerates Acts No. 2197, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2209, 2210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216, 2227, 2232, 2235, 2236, 2241, 2242, 2243, 2244, 2245, 2248, 2249, 2251, 2252, 2255, 2256, 2258, 2259, and 2265.
It indicates that the Acts in Section 2 are made applicable not only to Moro/non-Christian areas but also specifically to municipalities organized under the Municipal Code in Christian territory.
Acts No. 2217, 2231, and 2250.
Act No. 2238 (land-tax assessment/valuation revision) is made applicable to such parts of provinces embraced within municipalities organized under Act No. 82.
It makes applicable to Moro/non-Christian areas where Chapter Four is in effect the rule granting free patents to native settlers until January 1, 1923.
He may, with the approval of the Governor-General, designate agents and deputies in Moro/non-Christian areas to implement Act No. 2159 as amended by Act No. 2256.
It repeals Act No. 2075, which previously provided special proceedings for settlement and adjudication of land titles in specified areas including the Moro Province and others.
It takes effect upon passage, but it provides a proviso: if any extended Acts were not yet effective in non-Moro/non-Christian territory at the time Act No. 2276 was enacted, they become effective in Moro/non-Christian areas on their respective later effectiveness dates.
Students should read Act No. 2276’s operative provisions (Sections 1–5), identify the enumerated Act numbers, and then apply the proviso in Section 7 concerning when the extended Acts become effective.
Because the statute appears to extend different categories of laws (general, municipal-related, land-tax and land/public land provisions) with different territorial and municipal coverage conditions.
They show how Act No. 2276 integrates tax administration, land-titles/special proceedings, and land disposition/patents rules into Moro/non-Christian areas.