Republic Act No. 153

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

Section two hundred and sixty-five of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred sixty-six, known as the National Internal Revenue Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 265. Charges on firewood cut in the public forest. — On firewood cut in the forests and forest reserves, the following charges shall be collected:

On bacauan, langaray, pototan, and tangal, per cubic meter, forty centavos.

On other woods, per cubic meter, twenty centavos.

Only third or fourth-group wood can be taken for firewood. However, at the discretion of the Director of Forestry, first and second-group woods may be removed for firewood purposes from land which is more valuable for agricultural than for forest purposes."

Section 2

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 14, 1947.