An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances, the Powers of Peace Officers
Act No. 1505, enacted on June 29, 1906, grants officers of the United States Army specific peace officer powers to enforce health regulations in the Philippines. These officers, when assisting the Director of Health at the request of the Governor-General, can arrest individuals violating sanitary laws and bring them to court. Additionally, subordinate soldiers are authorized to apprehend offenders and transfer them to the designated peace officer. The Act emphasizes the urgency for effective public health enforcement and takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1505
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 29, 1906
ACT NO. 1505
AN ACT CONFERRING UPON OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE POWERS OF PEACE OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Officers of the United States Army in command of troops detailed at the request of the Governor-General to aid the Director of Health of the Philippine Islands in the enforcement of sanitary regulations, municipal health ordinances, and health laws, are hereby vested, while in the performance of such duties with the powers of peace officers; and such officers are hereby authorized to make arrests for violation of any sanitary regulation, health ordinance or law, and to bring the person or persons so arrested before the proper courts for trial.
SECTION 2. Soldiers of the United States Army, serving under the command of such officers, are hereby authorized to apprehend persons detected in the violation of sanitary regulations or health ordinances or laws and they shall, in each case, immediately deliver the person or persons so offending to an officer of the United States Army having the power of a peace officer under the provisions of the preceding section.
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, June 29, 1906.
Cite This Law
An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances, the Powers of Peace Officers, Act No. 1505, Jun 29, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United States Army, under Certain Circumstances, the Powers of Peace Officers, Act No. 1505 (Phil. 1906)
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