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H. No. 1276 / 48 OG No. 7, 2577 (July, 1952)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 743, June 18, 1952 ]

AN ACT PROVIDING PROTECTION TO LOCATORS, HOLDERS, LESSEES AND OPERATORS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS AND LEASES BY EXEMPTING THEM FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF ANNUAL LABOR OR ASSESSMENT WORK REQUIRED BY EXISTING LAWS FOR THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO INCLUSIVE.



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Any provisions of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the performance of annual assessment work or improvements, by locators, holders, or operators of unpatented mining claims acquired under the Act of Congress of July one, nineteen hundred and two, as amended, or mining leases granted under the Mining Act, are hereby waived for a period of two years beginning January one, nineteen hundred and fifty-one to December thirty-one, nineteen hundred and fifty-two inclusive.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval

Approved, June 18, 1952.
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