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[ Act No. 1288, January 23, 1905 ]
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING REGISTERS OF DEEDS TO PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTERS AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE, AND PROVIDING THAT THE DOCUMENTING, REGISTRY, ENROLLMENT, AND LICENSING OF VESSELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AND THE CUSTOMS RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A REGISTRY OF VESSELS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SAID TITLE.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Registers of deeds and provincial treasurers who are performing the duties of registers of deeds are hereby authorized and directed to perform the duties of commercial registers as defined in Title Two of the Code of Commerce: Provided, however, That such registers of deeds shall not he required to register vessels or to keep a register of vessels as required in said title.
SEC. 2. The documenting, registering, enrolling, and licensing of vessels in accordance with the Customs Administrative Act and customs rules and regulations shall he deemed to be a registry of vessels within the meaning of Title Two of the Code of Commerce, unless otherwise provided in said Customs Administrative Act or in said customs rules and regulations.
SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 23, 1905.
SECTION 1. Registers of deeds and provincial treasurers who are performing the duties of registers of deeds are hereby authorized and directed to perform the duties of commercial registers as defined in Title Two of the Code of Commerce: Provided, however, That such registers of deeds shall not he required to register vessels or to keep a register of vessels as required in said title.
SEC. 2. The documenting, registering, enrolling, and licensing of vessels in accordance with the Customs Administrative Act and customs rules and regulations shall he deemed to be a registry of vessels within the meaning of Title Two of the Code of Commerce, unless otherwise provided in said Customs Administrative Act or in said customs rules and regulations.
SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 23, 1905.