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

SECTION 1. Paragraph twenty-two of section eight the Philippine Tariff Act of Nineteen hundred and nine is amended to read as follows:

"22. (a) Tars, pitches, and tar oils, not otherwise provided for; mineral oils, crude or refined (except gasoline, naphtha, and other similar products of distillation), including those of illumination, lubrication, fuel, or solvents, vaseline (except when compounded with other substances); axle grease of all kinds; asphaltums; carbolineum and similar compounds; gross weight, one hundred kilos, twenty-five cents.

"(b) Gasoline, naphtha, and other similar products of distillation, gross weight, one hundred kilos, fifty cents.

"Provided, That no article classified under clause (a) of this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than ten per centum, ad valorem.

"Provided, further, That no article classified under clause (b) of this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than twenty per centum, ad valorem.

"Provided, finally, That though imported under a name referable to clause (a) of this paragraph, paraffin, or other similar products, shall be classified under paragraph eighty-three of this Act."

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

Approved, June 17, 1954.