An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five
Act No. 1797, enacted on October 12, 1907, grants officers of the United States Army and Philippine Scouts the powers of peace officers under certain conditions, particularly when requested by the Governor-General. These powers include the ability to guard civil prisoners, enforce health regulations, and maintain public order. The act allows these military personnel to apprehend escaping prisoners, arrest individuals violating health laws or disturbing the peace, and present arrestees in court. Additionally, it repeals a previous act (Act No. 1505) that conferred similar powers. The law emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for public welfare.
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- What is An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five about?
- Act No. 1797, enacted on October 12, 1907, grants officers of the United States Army and Philippine Scouts the powers of peace officers under certain conditions, particularly when requested by the Governor-General. These powers include the ability to guard civil prisoners, enforce health regulations, and maintain public order. The act allows these military personnel to apprehend escaping prisoners, arrest individuals violating health laws or disturbing the peace, and present arrestees in court. Additionally, it repeals a previous act (Act No. 1505) that conferred similar powers. The law emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for public welfare.
- What type of law is Act No. 1797?
- An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five (Act No. 1797) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five enacted?
- An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five (Act No. 1797) was enacted on Oct 12, 1907.
- What is the citation for An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five?
- An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five, Act No. 1797, Oct 12, 1907 (Philippines)
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October 12, 1907
ACT NO. 1797
AN ACT CONFERRING UPON OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THE POWERS OF PEACE OFFICERS, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE
SECTION 1. When detailed at the request of the Governor-General to guard civil prisoners, to aid the Director of Health of the Philippine Islands in the enforcement of sanitary regulations, municipal health ordinances, and health laws, or to aid other civil authorities in the maintenance of law and order and the enforcement of their authority, officers of the United States Army and officers of the Philippine Scouts in command of troops are hereby vested, while in the performance of such duties, with the powers of peace officers; and, when detailed at the request of the Governor-General, such officers, and soldiers and enlisted men under their command when acting under the orders of such officers, are hereby authorized to apprehend escaping prisoners, to make arrest for the violation of any sanitary regulation, health ordinance, or health law, to make arrest for disturbance of the public peace, and when requested to do so by the Governor-General, to make arrest for the violation of any law and to bring the person or persons so arrested before the proper courts for trial.
SECTION 2. Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and five, entitled "An Act conferring upon officers of the United States Army, under certain circumstances, the powers of peace officers," is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 12, 1907.
Cite This Law
An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five, Act No. 1797, Oct 12, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five, Act No. 1797 (Phil. 1907)
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