Section 6Sec./Art. 6

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: September 9, 1955

Footnote

1 This Section and Section 3 were both amended by PD No. 1792 issued January 16, 1981, PD 1792 was expressly repealed by Sec 135 of R.A. No. 7653, approved June 14, 1993. The original sections 2 and 3 of R.A.

No.1405 are hereby reproduced for reference, as follows; "Sec 2 All deposits of whatever nature with banks or banking institutions in the Philippines including investments in bonds issued by the Government of the Philippines, its political subdivisions and its instrumentalities, are hereby considered as of an absolutely confidential nature and may not be examined, inquired or looked into by any person, government official, bureau or office, except upon written per-mission of the depositor, or in cases of impeachment, or upon order of a competent court in cases of bribery or dereliction of duty of public officials. or in cases where the money deposited or invested is the subject matter of the litigation," "Sec. 3.

It shall be unlawful for any official or employee of a banking institution to disclose to any person other than those mentioned in Section two hereof any information concerning said deposits."