An Act Amending Section Six of Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and Sixty, Permitting Provincial Boards to Intervene in the Prevention of the Spread of Dangerous Communicable Animal Diseases Within the Islands
Act No. 2303, enacted on December 13, 1913, amends Section Six of Act No. 1760 to enhance the prevention of dangerous communicable animal diseases in the Philippines. It empowers the Director of Agriculture to prescribe necessary measures for disease control, while the provincial governor is tasked with their enforcement. This amendment reflects a commitment to public health and safety by allowing provincial boards to intervene effectively. The law takes immediate effect upon passage, highlighting its urgency for public welfare.
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- Act No. 2303
- Date Enacted
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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December 13, 1913
ACT NO. 2303
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY, PERMITTING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO INTERVENE IN THE PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE ANIMAL DISEASES WITHIN THE ISLANDS
SECTION 1. Section six of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and sixty is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:
"(g) The Director of Agriculture shall prescribe all necessary measures to enforce the provisions of the foregoing subsections (c), (d), and (e), and the provincial governor of the province concerned shall have the direction of and be responsible for the enforcement of the measures so prescribed."
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature.
ENACTED, December 13, 1913.
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An Act Amending Section Six of Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and Sixty, Permitting Provincial Boards to Intervene in the Prevention of the Spread of Dangerous Communicable Animal Diseases Within the Islands, Act No. 2303, Dec 13, 1913 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Section Six of Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and Sixty, Permitting Provincial Boards to Intervene in the Prevention of the Spread of Dangerous Communicable Animal Diseases Within the Islands, Act No. 2303 (Phil. 1913)
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