An Act Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands," and Act Numbered Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Amendatory thereof
Act No. 635, enacted on February 11, 1903, amends the earlier Act No. 82 regarding the organization of municipal governments in the Philippines. It grants local authorities the power to license, tax, or prohibit cockfighting and the management of fighting cocks, allowing such activities only during legal holidays and for a maximum of three days during the municipality's patron saint's celebration. Additionally, the act stipulates that no games of chance are permitted on the premises where cockfighting occurs. The law emphasizes the need for swift passage due to public interest and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 635
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 11, 1903
ACT NO. 635
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "A GENERAL ACT FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR AMENDATORY THEREOF
SECTION 1. Subsection (j) of section forty of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," as amended by Act Numbered Three hundred and sixty-four, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(j) To license, tax, or prohibit cockfighting and the keeping or training of fighting cocks and to license, tax, or close cockpits: Provided, That cockfighting in such cockpits shall take place only on legal holidays and during a period not to exceed three days on the occasion of the celebration of the patron saint's day of the municipality: And provided further, That no game of chance be permitted on the premises."
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, February 11, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands," and Act Numbered Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Amendatory thereof, Act No. 635, Feb 11, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands," and Act Numbered Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Amendatory thereof, Act No. 635 (Phil. 1903)
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