An Act Amending Section Forty of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands"
Act No. 364, enacted on February 20, 1902, amends Section 40 of Act No. 82 regarding municipal governments in the Philippines. The amendment stipulates that cockfighting in designated cockpits is permitted only on legal holidays and prohibits any games of chance on the premises. The Act was expedited for passage due to public necessity and took effect immediately upon its enactment.
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- Reference Number
- Act No. 364
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 20, 1902
ACT NO. 364
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FORTY OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "A GENERAL ACT FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS"
SECTION 1. Section forty of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled "A general Act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by adding at the close of subsection (j) thereof the following words: "Provided, That cockfighting in such cockpits shall take place only on legal holidays; 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 20, 1902.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Section Forty of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands", Act No. 364, Feb 20, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Forty of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands", Act No. 364 (Phil. 1902)
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