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Be It Enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of The Philippines in Congress Assembled
Be It Enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of The Philippines in Congress Assembled
9648
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RepublicofthePhilippines
CongressofthePhilippines
MetroManila
FourteenthCongress
SecondRegularSession
BegunandheldinMetroManila,onMonday,thetwentyeightdayofJuly,twothousandeight.
RepublicActNo.9648June30,2009
ANACTEXEMPTINGFROMDOCUMENTARYSTAMPTAXANYSALE,BARTEROREXCHANGEOFSHARES
OFSTOCKLISTEDANDTRADEDTHROUGHTHESTOCKEXCHANGE,FURTHERAMENDINGFORTHE
PURPOSESECTION199OFTHENATIONALINTERNALREVENUECODEOF1997,ASAMENDEDBY
REPUBLICACTNO.9243,ANDFOROTHERPURPOSES
BeitenactedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentativesofthePhilippinesinCongressassembled::
Section1.Section199oftheNationalInternalRevenueCodeof1997,asamendedbyRepublicActNo.9243,is
herebyfurtheramendedtoreadasfollows:
"SEC.199.DocumentsandPapersNotSubjecttoStampTax.TheprovisionsofSection173tothecontrary
notwithstanding, the following instruments, documents and papers shall be exempt from the documentary
stamptax:
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"(e)Sale,barterorexchangeofsharesofstocklistedandtradedthroughthelocalstockexchange."
Section 2. Implementing Rules and Regulations. The Secretary of Finance shall promulgate and publish the
necessaryrulesandregulationsfortheeffectiveenforcementofthisAct.
Section3.SeparabilityClause.IfanyprovisionofthisActisheldunconstitutionalorinvalid,allotherprovisions
notaffectedtherebyshallremainvalid.
Section4.RepealingClause.Alllaws,decrees,executiveorders,rulesandregulationsorpartsthereof,which
areinconsistentwiththisAct,areherebyrepealed,amendedormodifiedaccordingly.
Section5.Effectivity.ThisActshalltakeeffectonMarch20,2009orimmediatelyupontheexpirationofthefive
(5)yearexemptionfromthedocumentarystamptaxonthesale,barterorexchangeofsharesofstocklistedand
tradedthroughthelocalstockexchangepursuanttoRepublicActNo.9243.
Approved,
(Sgd.)JUANPONCEENRILE (Sgd.)PROSPEROC.NOGRALES
PresidentoftheSenate SpeakeroftheHouseof
Representatives
ThisActwhichisaconsolidationofHouseBillNo.4900andSenateBillNo.3203wasfinallypassedbytheHouse
ofRepresentativesandtheSenateonMay26,2009andMay25,2009,respectively.
(Sgd.)EMMALIRIOREYES (Sgd.)MARILYNB.BARUAYAP
SecretaryofSenate SecretaryGeneral
HouseofRepresenatives
Approved:JUN302009
(Sgd.)GLORIAMACAPAGALARROYO
PresidentofthePhilippines
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