QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 3)
It continues in force and effect the U.S. Act of August 5, 1909 (the Philippine Tariff Law of 1909), as amended, on and after July 4, 1946, until Congress provides otherwise.
The Act of Congress of the United States approved on August 5, 1909, entitled “An Act to raise revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” otherwise known as the “Philippine Tariff Law of 1909.”
It shall continue in force and effect on and after July 4, 1946, until the Congress of the Philippines provides otherwise.
It indicates that not only the original 1909 tariff law is continued, but also whatever amendments had already been made to it at the time RA 3 took effect.
Until the Congress of the Philippines shall provide otherwise.
On July 4, 1946.
The law was approved on July 19, 1946, but it takes effect retroactively/effectively on July 4, 1946, meaning its operative date begins earlier than its approval date.
No. RA 3 does not repeal or replace it; it merely continues it in force until Congress enacts otherwise.
It ensures continuity of tariff and revenue laws by maintaining the existing tariff framework immediately after July 4, 1946, pending later legislation by Congress.
It implies that the referenced law remains binding and operative; it is not dormant, cancelled, or superseded by RA 3.
A later law or legislative provision by the Congress of the Philippines that “provides otherwise.”
The new law would be the “provision otherwise” contemplated by Section 1, thereby ending or modifying the continued effect of the 1909 tariff law.
It serves as a stopgap or continuity statute, maintaining existing legal arrangements (tariff/revenue rules) while Congress prepares future legislation.
The Philippine Tariff Law of 1909, as amended, remains legally effective on and after July 4, 1946, until Congress enacts a contrary law.