[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 69, October 21, 1946 ]

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES OF MAIL MATTER OF SENATORS AND OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES.



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

SECTION 1. All mail matter of Senators and of Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, addressed for delivery within the Philippines, shall be received, transmitted and delivered in the mails of the Philippines free of postage: Provided, That each such mail matter when addressed to persons or offices other than government officers or offices shall not exceed one hundred and twenty grams in weight.

SEC. 2. The envelope or wrapper of such mail matter shall bear on the left upper corner the name and official designation of the official sending the mail matter, and the words "Senate of the Philippines", or "House of Representatives", as the case may be, and on the right upper corner the words "Penalty for private or unauthorized use to avoid payment of postage, P500".

SEC. 3. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred pesos.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, October 21, 1946.