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ACT NO. 1544
ACT NO. 1544 - AN ACT
EXEMPTING FROM INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES ALL TIMBER AND OTHER FOREST
PRODUCTS FOR USE IN THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF CERTAIN
RAILWAY LINES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Section 1. Timber and other forest products of all kinds, to
whatever group they may belong, when cut or gathered under proper
licenses issued by the Bureau of Forestry for use (and which shall in
fact, be so used) in the construction and equipment of the railways
undertaken by the grantees under Acts Numbered Fourteen Hundred and
ninety-seven and Fifteen Hundred and ten, pursuant to authority
conferred by said Acts, shall be exempt from all internal revenue taxes
prescribed by Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and eighty-nine, as amended,
upon the presentation to the Collector of Internal Revenue, and signed
by the representative of duly authorized agent of the railway company
purchasing the timber or other material for which this exemption is
sought is to be used in the construction and equipment of a line of
railroad between certain points, naming the same; that no other use or
disposition of the material will be made or permitted; and that if any
other use or disposition thereof shall be contemplated, immediate
notice thereof shall be given to the Collector of Internal Revenue, and
the material in question be held subject to this order.
Sec. 2. The exemptions provided by the Act shall
not be construed to extend or apply to materials of any kind purchased
from funds other than those of a railway company mentioned in Section one hereof, or of one of its contractors or subcontractors, nor to
materials which are intended for the personal use of officers or
employees of any such company, contractor or subcontractor, whether the
same are purchased from funds of such company, contractor, or
subcontractor or not.
Sec. 3. The provision of this Act shall not apply
or extend to any railway line, nor to any materials therefore, after
the line shall have once been officially declared to be constructed and
equipped.
Sec. 4. Any company or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this Act or any of the terms of the certificate
prescribed in section one hereof shall be punished by a fine of not
less than double the amount of the taxes provided by law upon the
timber or other forest products which may be the subject of the
violation, and not more than ten times the amount thereof in the
discretion of the court; any officer, representative, agent or employee
of any company or corporation, or any other person, violating any of
the provisions of this Act or any of the terms of the certificate
prescribed in section one hereof shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one
nor more than six months or by the fine above prescribed, or both, in
the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. The public good requiring the speedy
enactment of this bill, the passage of same is hereby expedited in
accordance with Section Two of "An Act prescribing the order of
procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws", passed September
twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 18, 1906.
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