Amendment to Sec. 515 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code)
Act No. 3737, approved on November 22, 1930, amends Section 515 of Act No. 2711 concerning the branding and registration of large cattle in the Philippines. It mandates that all cattle over two years old must be branded with the owner's registered brand on the right hip and the municipality's brand on the left hip. The branding process must occur in the presence of municipal officials or designated representatives. Cattle owned by the Insular Government and those imported for immediate slaughter are exempt from this requirement but must adhere to related regulations. The law takes effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 3737
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
November 22, 1930
ACT NO. 3737
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN
SECTION 1. Section five hundred and fifteen of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 515. General requirement as to branding and registration — How and before whom effected. — All large cattle which have attained the age of two years must be branded and registered, as provided in this chapter, and it shall be the duty of the owner or other person in possession of cattle not thus branded or registered to cause the same to be effected in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
"All such cattle found within the jurisdiction of any municipality shall be branded on the right hip with the registered brand of the owner and counterbranded on the left hip with the registered brand of the municipality in which they are found.
"The branding shall be done in the presence of the municipal president, the municipal treasurer, and the municipal secretary, or their representatives, who shall, at the request of the owner, repair to the place where the cattle is if there are more than ten head to be branded; or in places not in an organized municipality by at least three persons appointed for the purpose by the provincial governor.
"Large cattle kept by the Insular Government need not be branded or registered.
"Cattle imported for immediate slaughter need not be branded or registered, but their importation and slaughter shall be subject to the regulations of the Director of Animal Industry relative to quarantine, inspection, and animal sanitation."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, November 22, 1930.
Cite This Law
Amendment to Sec. 515 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3737, Nov 22, 1930 (Philippines)
Amendment to Sec. 515 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Code), Act No. 3737 (Phil. 1930)
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