Sponsored
by: The
ChanRobles Group
A
collection of Philippine laws, statutes and codesnot
included or cited in themain indicesof
theChan Robles Virtual Law Library This web
page
contains the full text ofRepublic
Act No. 8247AN ACT EXEMPTING ALIENS WHO HAVE
ACQUIRED
PERMANENT RESIDENCY
UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 324 FROM THE COVERAGE OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7919OTHERWISE KNOWN AS"THE ALIEN
SOCIAL
INTEGRATION ACT OF 1995",AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN
PROVISIONS
OF SAID ACTAND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
-->
REPUBLIC
ACT
NO. 8247 AN ACT
EXEMPTING ALIENS
WHO HAVE ACQUIRED PERMANENT RESIDENCY UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 324
FROM
THE COVERAGE OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7919 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS"THE ALIEN
SOCIAL
INTEGRATION ACT OF 1995", AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF
SAID ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Philippines
in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Sec. 3 of
Republic Act No. 7919 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 3. Coverage. - Upon effectivity of this
Act, all
aliens
whose stay in the Philippines is otherwise illegal under existing laws,
and who have entered thecountry prior to June 30, 1992 are hereby
granted
legal residence status upon compliance with the provisions of this Act,
and shall not be prosecuted for crimes defined under
Commonwealth Act. No. 613, otherwise known as the Immigration Act of
1940, which are
inherent to illegal residence such as the absence of valid travel
documents
or visa: Provided, That in no case shall alien refugees in the
Philippines
be qualified to apply under this Act.
"The legal residence granted to aliens who availed of
the benefits of
Executive
Order No. 324 is hereby affirmed and given full faith and credit.
"The bar to prosecution shall apply only to such
crimes or felonies
committed
due to acts necessary or essential to maintain a false or fraudulent or
illegal residence, such as falsification of marriage, birth or
baptismal
certificates or travel documents, visas or alien certificates of
registration."
Sec. 2. Subsec. 4.3.1 of Sec. 4
of the same Act is hereby
amended
to read as follows:
"4.3.1 One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) upon
filing of the
registration
forms with the bank plus Fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) per year
over
a three-year period from the payment of the first installment. The
subsequent
three (3) installment payments.should be paid within twelve (12) months
from the date of the first payment without any extensions. The
integration
fees paid by aliens granted legal residence under Executive Order No.
324
who registered anew under the provisions of this Act shall be refunded.
"In lieu of the above installment payments, the
applicant may
immediately
pay Two hundred thousand pesos (P2,000,000.00)."
Sec. 3. Sec. 6 of the same Act
is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 6. Duties of the Bureau of Immigration.
- Upon
presentation
by the applicant of the official receipt from the bank together with a
certification from the bank or agency concerned, as the case may be
that
the civil registrar, BIR and NBI received copies of the registration
forms,
and the submission to the Bureau of Immigration of the registration
forms
defined in Sec. 4.2 hereof, the Bureau of Immigration shall
immediately
issue an Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR) to the applicant. The
legal residence granted under this Act shall commence from the date the
Bureau of Immigration issues the ACR and ICR.
"The Bureau of
Immigration shall publish, at the applicant's cost, the
names, ages, municipality/city of residence and a photograph of each of
the applicants in a national newspaper of general circulation at
the end of each calendar month during the effectivity of the
application
period, as hereinafter provided in Sec. 8. The
banks
authorized under this Act to collect the fees herein required shall
collect
a publication fee of Five thousand pesos (P5,OOO.OO) from the
applicant."
Sec. 4. Sec. 8 of the
same act is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Sec. 8. Application Period. - The benefits
extended by Sec.
3 can be availed of from June 1, 1995 to June 30, 1997."
Sec. 5. If any
provision of this Act is declared invalid or
unconstitutional,
the provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force
and effect.
Sec. 6. All laws,
decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations
contrary
to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed
or amended accordingly.
Sec. 7. This Act shall
take effect immediately after its publication
in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved: 30 December 1996
Back
to Top - Back
to Main Index - Back
to Home
Copyright©1998-2006
by
ChanRobles
Publishing Company
All Rights Reserved
Since 19.07.98
|