22 USC § 1386 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s1386"
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title: "22 USC § 1386 - Definitions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "1386"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "PROPERTY RETAINED BY THE UNITED STATES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(July 3, 1946, ch. 536, § 7, 60 Stat. 420.)"
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# § 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”.

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**Source Credit**: (July 3, 1946, ch. 536, § 7, 60 Stat. 420.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Date of independence, referred to in text, was  as recognized by 1946 Proc. No. 2695, eff. , set out as a note under .