Amendment to the Municipal Code
Act No. 2149, enacted on February 6, 1912, amends Section 40 of the Municipal Code, specifically subsection (i). This amendment grants local authorities the power to license, tax, regulate, or prohibit the keeping of dogs and to authorize their killing if found at large in violation of ordinances. Additionally, it mandates that owners of larger livestock, such as cattle, sheep, and goats, must ensure these animals are kept under control and not allowed to roam freely without supervision. Violations of these regulations may result in fines or imprisonment. The act was made effective immediately upon its passage for the public good.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2149
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 6, 1912
ACT NO. 2149
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION (i) OF SECTION FORTY OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 1. Subsection (i) of section forty of the Municipal Code be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:
"(i) To license, tax, regulate, or prohibit the keeping of dogs and authorize the killing of the same when at large contrary to ordinance; to require owners of large cattle, sheep and goats 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 of both."
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance with the provisions of section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature.
ENACTED, February 6, 1912.
Cite This Law
Amendment to the Municipal Code, Act No. 2149, Feb 6, 1912 (Philippines)
Amendment to the Municipal Code, Act No. 2149 (Phil. 1912)
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