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

SECTION 1. Section two of Republic Act Numbered Four is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. All temporary licenses for firearms issued under the authority of section two of Republic Act Numbered Four are hereby cancelled.

SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of the next preceding sections, members of municipal and special or temporary police forces may retain, possess or be authorized to possess the firearms which they hold or may hold under temporary licenses for such time as they shall discharge the duties of their office. Other persons shall be allowed to retain their firearms, by converting their temporary licenses into regular licenses if they possess the qualifications prescribed by existing laws and regulations and upon security of the reglamentary bond. Pending the issuance of the regular license applied for, a provisional permit may be granted.

Any person who possesses any firearm, parts of firearms, or ammunition therefor, under the temporary licenses referred to be in the next preceding section of this Act, shall surrender the same to the Commanding General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, or his duly authorized representatives, within one hundred and twenty days after the approval of this Act: Provided, however, That the person making such surrender as provided herein shall be entitled to reimbursement of eighty per cent of the purchase price of said arms or ammunitions duly established by evidence in cases where said arms or ammunitions were purchased by virtue of license or permit, and in all other cases the rate of the reimbursement shall be made in accordance with the following schedule:

	I.-U. S. ARMY STANDARD WEAPONS
		Serviceable	Non-serviceable
1.	Pistols and Revolvers, cal. .45	P45.00	P15.00
2.	Thompson Sub-Machine Guns, cal. .45	55.00	20.00
3.	Grease Guns, cal. .45	40.00	15.00
4.	Browning Automatic Rifles, cal.30	45.00	20.00
5.	U. S. Carbine, cal. .30	40.00	15.00
6.	M-1 Garand Rifle, cal. .30	40.00	15.00
7.	Springfield Rifle, cal. .30	40.00	15.00
8.	Enfield Rifle, cal. .30	35.00	15.00
9.	U. S. Trench Mortar	55.00	25.00
10.	U. S. Bazooka	55.00	25.00
11	U. S. Machine Gun, cal. .30	55.00	25.00
12	U. S. Machine Gun, cal. .50	55.00	25.00
13.	U. S. Hand Grenades	10.00	4.00
14	All ammunition for the above firearms except Bazooka and Mortar	.10	.05
15	Bazooka and Mortar ammunition	1.00.	.20
	II.-ENEMY WEAPONS
1.	Japanese Luger Pistol, cal. 9 mm.	35.00	15.00
2.	Japanese Rifle, cal. .25	15.00	8.00
3.	Japanese Rifle, cal. .30	15.00	8.00
4.	Japanese Auto-rifle (Woodpecker), cal. .25	40.00	15.00
5.	Japanese Light Machine Guns, cal. .25 and .30	45.00	15.00
6.	Japanese Heavy Machine Gun, cal. .50	50.00	15.00
7.	Japanese Knee Mortar	45.00	15.00
8.	All ammunition for the above firearms	.10	.05
	III.-MISCELLANEOUS WEAPONS
1.	Pistols and Revolvers, cals. .22,25, .32, .38 and 380	35.00	15.00
2.	Shotguns, 12, 16, 20 and 410 ga.	35.00	16.00
3.	Rifles, cals. 22, 30-06	25.00	10.00
4.	Rifle-Shotgun combination, cal.410-22	30.00	15.00
5.	Ammunition for the above firearms	.10	.05

SEC. 4. The provisions of section twenty-six hundred and ninety-two of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered Fifty-six and by Republic Act Numbered Four, shall be applicable to any person referred to in the next preceding section of this Act who shall fail to surrender the firearms described therein within the time therein provided.

SEC. 5. Any act, presidential proclamation, executive order, or regulation inconsistent with this Act is repealed.

SEC. 6. Such sum as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be paid out of the savings of the Department of National Defense.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 11, 1950.