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[CITE: 22USC1386]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
               CHAPTER 15--THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
 
          SUBCHAPTER V--PROPERTY RETAINED BY THE UNITED STATES
 
Sec. 1386. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter the term ``Philippine 
Government'' shall mean ``Government of the Commonwealth of the 
Philippines'' until the date of independence, and thereafter it shall 
mean the ``Government of the Republic of the Philippines''.

(July 3, 1946, ch. 536, Sec. 7, 60 Stat. 420.)

                       References in Text

    Date of independence, referred to in text, was July 4, 1946 as 
recognized by 1946 Proc. No. 2695, eff. July 4, 1946, set out as a note 
under section 1394 of this title.
