Section 1
Paragraph 71
Section 1.
Paragraph 71.02 of Chapter 71, Schedule XIV of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Precious and semiprecious stones, unworked, cut or otherwise worked, but neither set nor strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of transport):
A. Industrial diamonds ad val. 10%
B. Others ad val. 150%"
Section 2
Paragraph 71
Section 2.
Paragraph 71.03 of Chapter 71, Schedule XIV of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semiprecious stones, unworked, cut or otherwise worked, but neither set nor strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of transport):
A. Industrial diamonds ad. val. 10%
B. Others ad val. 100%"
Section 3
Paragraph 71
Section 3.
Paragraph 71.04 of Chapter 71, Schedule XIV of Republic Act Numbered Nineteen hundred thirty-seven, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Dust and powder of natural or synthetic precious or semiprecious stones ad val. 10%