Title
Rural Banks' Creation and Operation Act
Law
Republic Act No. 720
Decision Date
Jun 6, 1952
The Rural Banks' Act, enacted in 1952, aims to promote and expand the rural economy in an orderly and effective manner by allowing the establishment of rural banks, providing credit facilities to small farmers, cooperatives, and small merchants, and granting certain exemptions and privileges, while violations of the law are subject to penalties.

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