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Section 186 of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 186. Stamp Tax on Policies of Annuities and Pre-Need Plans. - On all policies of annuities, or other instruments by whatever name the same may be called, whereby an annuity may be made, transferred or redeemed, there shall be collected a documentary stamp tax of Fifty centavos (P0.50) on each Two hundred pesos (P200), or fractional part thereof, of the premium or installment payment or contract price collected. On pre-need plans, the documentary stamp tax shall be Twenty centavos (P0.20) on teach Two hundred pesos (P200), or fractional part thereof, of the premium or contribution collected."
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