REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5963  - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS SHIPPING ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE", AS AMENDED BY SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE AND FORTY-SIX

Section 1.    Section two of Republic Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven, as amended by Section one of Republic Act Numbered Forty one hundred and forty-six, is further amended to read as follows:  

"Sec. 2.    In pursuance of the above-declared policy any citizen of the Philippines, or any association or corporation organized under the laws of the Philippines, at least sixty per cent of the capital of which is owned by citizens of the Philippines, engaged or which shall engage exclusively in the overseas shipping business or in the construction of modern boats for overseas service shall be exempt from the payment of income tax on income derived from his or its overseas shipping business for a period of twenty years from the date of approval of this Act or until September nine, nineteen hundred and seventy-five: Provided, That they shall invest the entire net income realized during the period of exemption which would have otherwise been taxable under the provisions of Title II of the National Internal Revenue Code in the construction, purchase, or acquisitions of vessels and equipment and/or in the improvement of its vessels and equipment. The amount so invested shall not be withdrawn for a period of twenty years after the expiration of the period of income tax exemption. Any amount withdrawn before the end of this period shall be subject to the corresponding income tax, including surcharges and interests.

"Any taxpayer wishing to take advantage of the tax exemption in the preceding paragraph shall file annually a regular income tax return with the Bureau of Internal Revenue, together with such information and supporting documents as the Bureau may require, indicating the net income exempt under this Act."  

Sec. 2.    All Acts or parts of Acts and all executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations or parts thereof, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Sec. 3.    This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 21, 1969