REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4768 - AN ACT MAKING THE OZAMIS CITY SUBPORT A PORT OF ENTRY, BY AMENDING THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1. Section seven hundred one of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, otherwise known as the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Thirty-seven hundred fifty-seven, is further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 701. Collection Districts and Ports of Entry thereof .—For administrative purposes, the Philippines shall be divided into as many collection districts as there are at present existing, the respective limits of which may be landed from time to time by the Commissioner, upon the approval of the department head. The principal ports or entry for the respective collection districts shall be Manila, Sual, Tabaco, Cebu, Pulupandan, Sia-in, Iloilo, Davao, Legaspi, Zamboanga, Jolo, Aparri, Jose Panganiban, Cagayan, Tacloban, San Fernando, Hinigaran, Dumaguete City, Maasin, Masao, Batangas and Ozamis City."

SEC. 2. The sum of five hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, establishment and operation of the customs service at the port of Ozamis City.

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

Approved, June 18, 1966.