Amendment to Sec. 40 of Act No. 82 (The Municipal Code)
Act No. 2250, enacted on February 11, 1913, amends the Municipal Code regarding the regulation of animals, specifically dogs and large cattle. The law empowers local authorities to license, tax, and regulate the possession of dogs and mandates the killing of dogs that are found at large contrary to local ordinances. Additionally, it requires owners of large cattle, sheep, goats, and swine to keep these animals confined unless under the supervision of a responsible person. Violations of these regulations can result in fines, imprisonment, or both.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2250
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 11, 1913
ACT NO. 2250
AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION (i) OF SECTION FORTY OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AS AMENDED
SECTION 1. Subsection (i) of section forty of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "The Municipal Code, " as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"(i) To license, tax, regulate the possession of dogs, and authorize the killing of the same when at large contrary to ordinance; to require owners of large cattle as defined by section one of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and forty-seven, sheep, goats and swine to keep such animals from moving, running, or being at large except when in charge of some person of sufficient discretion, and to penalize infractions of such regulations by fine or imprisonment or both.
ENACTED, February 11, 1913.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Sec. 40 of Act No. 82 (The Municipal Code), Act No. 2250, Feb 11, 1913 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 40 of Act No. 82 (The Municipal Code), Act No. 2250 (Phil. 1913)
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