An Act to Amend Paragraph (f) of Section One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Administrative Code
Commonwealth Act No. 82, enacted on October 26, 1936, amends Section 1765 of the Administrative Code concerning the powers of the Director of Animal Industry. The amendment grants the Director authority to collaborate with local boards to manage and control dangerous communicable animal diseases and to oversee the establishment of municipal meat and milk inspection systems. However, matters of sanitation and public health remain under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Health. The act also stipulates that technical personnel for these inspections will be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, funded by inspection fees collected by local municipalities. The law took effect upon its approval.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Commonwealth Act No. 82
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Commonwealth Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 26, 1936
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 82
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (f) OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
SECTION 1. Paragraph (f) of section one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: HTCIcE
"SEC. 1765. Powers of Director of Animal Industry relative to animal quarantine, inspection and sanitation. — The Director of Animal industry is hereby authorized —
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"(f) To cooperate with provincial and municipal boards in the suppression of dangerous communicable animal diseases and to supervise and control the establishment and maintenance of municipal meat and milk inspection system, except in matters of sanitation and public health coming under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Health.
"The technical personnel that may be needed for the proper supervision and inspection thereof shall be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce upon the recommendation of the Director of Animal Industry, once the position is created by the respective chartered city or municipality, and the remuneration of such personnel and other expenses shall be payable from the meat and milk inspection fees collected by the respective municipalities concerned."
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SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, October 26, 1936.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Paragraph (f) of Section One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Administrative Code, Commonwealth Act No. 82, Oct 26, 1936 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Paragraph (f) of Section One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Five of Act Numbered Twenty-Seven Hundred and Eleven, Known as the Administrative Code, Commonwealth Act No. 82 (Phil. 1936)
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