[ Act No. 3259, December 05, 1925 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF BUILDINGS AND CHARGE A FEE FOR ISSUING SUCH PERMITS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of  Representatives of the Philippines  in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

SECTION 1. Subsection (c) of section twenty-two hundred and forty-three  of Act  Numbered  Twenty-seven  hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative  Code,  is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(c) To  establish fire limits  in populous centers,  prescribe the kinds of buildings  that may  be constructed or repaired within  them,  and issue permits for the erection or repair thereof, charging a fee which shall be determined by the municipal council and which shall not be less than two pesos for each building permit and  one peso for each repair permit issued.   The fees  collected under the provisions of this subsection shall accrue to the municipal school fund."

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

Approved, December 5,  1925.