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[CITE: 22USC1391]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
               CHAPTER 15--THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1391. Transfer of property and rights to Philippine 
        Commonwealth
        
    All the property and rights which may have been acquired in the 
Philippine Islands by the United States under the treaties mentioned in 
the first section of this Act, except such land or other property as has 
heretofore been designated by the President of the United States for 
Military and other reservations of the Government of the United States, 
and except such land or other property or rights or interests therein as 
may have been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with law, are 
granted to the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands 
when constituted.

(Mar. 24, 1934, ch. 84, Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 459.)

                       References in Text

    Treaties mentioned in the first section of this Act, referred to in 
text, were treaty of peace between the United States and Spain of 
December 10, 1898, and treaty between Spain and the United States 
concluded at Washington, Nov. 7, 1900.
    The first section of this Act, referred to in text, is section 1 of 
act Mar. 24, 1934, which was classified to section 1231 of Title 48, 
Territories and Insular Possessions, and was omitted from the Code.
    Since their independence, the Philippine Islands have been a 
republic, and are no longer designated as a ``Commonwealth'', referred 
to in text. See note below.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Jan. 17, 1933, ch. 11, Sec. 5, 47 Stat. 764.


                              Separability

    Section 16 of act Mar. 24, 1934, provided: ``If any provision of 
this Act [enacting this section and sections 1281a, 1393 to 1395 of this 
title, amending sections 1231 to 1234, 1237 to 1239, 1241 to 1243, 1245, 
1247, and 1248 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions] is 
declared unconstitutional or the applicability thereof to any person or 
circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the act 
and the applicability of such provisions and circumstances shall not be 
affected thereby.''


                         Philippine Independence

    Philippine Islands granted independence by Proc. No. 2695, which is 
set out as a note under section 1394 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1394 of this title.
