Act No. 1891, May 10, 1909

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY OF THE CIVIL CODE IN FORCE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, BY FIXING THE AGE OF MAJORITY OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS.

Acts May 10, 1909
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By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of article three hundred and  twenty of the Civil Code in force in the Philippine Islands is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ACT. 320. Majority commences on attaining twenty-one years of age.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 10, 1909.