An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Prevent the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in the Waters of the Philippine Islands," by Providing that the Secretary of the Interior may Authorize the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in Limited Numbers for Scientific Purposes
Act No. 1685, enacted on August 14, 1907, amends the previous law prohibiting the use of explosives and poisons for fishing in the Philippine Islands. It allows the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for the limited use of explosives and poisonous substances for scientific purposes, while maintaining the general prohibition against their use for fishing. The act emphasizes the importance of protecting aquatic life but recognizes the need for scientific research. This law took effect immediately upon its passage.
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- Act No. 1685, enacted on August 14, 1907, amends the previous law prohibiting the use of explosives and poisons for fishing in the Philippine Islands. It allows the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for the limited use of explosives and poisonous substances for scientific purposes, while maintaining the general prohibition against their use for fishing. The act emphasizes the importance of protecting aquatic life but recognizes the need for scientific research. This law took effect immediately upon its passage.
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- An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Prevent the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in the Waters of the Philippine Islands," by Providing that the Secretary of the Interior may Authorize the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in Limited Numbers for Scientific Purposes (Act No. 1685) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Prevent the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in the Waters of the Philippine Islands," by Providing that the Secretary of the Interior may Authorize the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in Limited Numbers for Scientific Purposes (Act No. 1685) was enacted on Aug 14, 1907.
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- An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Prevent the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in the Waters of the Philippine Islands," by Providing that the Secretary of the Interior may Authorize the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in Limited Numbers for Scientific Purposes, Act No. 1685, Aug 14, 1907 (Philippines)
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August 14, 1907
ACT NO. 1685
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PREVENT THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES AND POISONS FOR TAKING FISH IN THE WATERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY PROVIDING THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR MAY AUTHORIZE THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES AND POISONS FOR TAKING FISH IN LIMITED NUMBERS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An Act to prevent the use of explosives and poisons for taking fish in the waters of the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: CAacTH
"SECTION 1. The use of dynamite or other explosives for the killing or taking of fish, or under water for any purpose except in the execution of bona fide engineering work and the destruction of wrecks or obstructions to navigation, shall be unlawful: PROVIDED, That nothing in this Act shall be understood to interfere with or prohibit the use of mechanical bombs for the killing of whales, crocodiles, sharks, or other large dangerous fishes: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the Secretary of the Interior may issue permits for the use of explosives in taking fish in limited numbers for scientific purposes only."
SECTION 2. Section two of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-nine is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"SEC. 2. The use of any poisonous substance liable to cause the death of fishes for the taking of the same, or the placing of any such substance in fresh or marine waters of the Philippine Islands where it may cause the death of fishes and is intended to cause such death, shall be unlawful: PROVIDED, That the Secretary of the Interior may issue permits for the use of poisonous substances in taking fish in limited numbers for scientific purposes only."
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, August 14, 1907.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Prevent the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in the Waters of the Philippine Islands," by Providing that the Secretary of the Interior may Authorize the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in Limited Numbers for Scientific Purposes, Act No. 1685, Aug 14, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Prevent the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in the Waters of the Philippine Islands," by Providing that the Secretary of the Interior may Authorize the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in Limited Numbers for Scientific Purposes, Act No. 1685 (Phil. 1907)
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