An Act to Amend Section Thirty-Nine of Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, Providing that Complaints for Infractions of Health Laws or Ordinances Must be Indorsed Proved by the Municipal President of the Local Health Officer
Act No. 2885, approved on February 24, 1920, amends Section 39 of Act No. 1627 regarding the endorsement of complaints for health law violations. Under the amended law, complaints related to public health infractions must be endorsed by designated health officials instead of the municipal president. Specifically, complaints must be approved by the district health officer or other appointed health authorities, ensuring proper oversight in health-related legal actions. This act aims to enhance the enforcement and accountability of health regulations within municipalities.
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- Act No. 2885
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- Acts
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 24, 1920
ACT NO. 2885
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, PROVIDING THAT COMPLAINTS FOR INFRACTIONS OF HEALTH LAWS OR ORDINANCES MUST BE INDORSED PROVED BY THE MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER
SECTION 1. Section thirty-nine of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 39. Section fifty-one of General Orders, Numbered Fifty-eight, series of nineteen hundred, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: HTcADC
"'SEC. 51. Complaint. — Except as otherwise provided by law, criminal proceedings in a justice of the peace court must be commenced by complaint under oath setting forth the offense charged, with such particulars as to time, place, person, and property as may be necessary to enable the defendant to understand the character of the offense charged, and to make answer thereto. Complaints for non-payment of the cedula tax and for infractions of municipal ordinances must be endorsed "approved" by the municipal president, but where infractions of laws or ordinances concerning the public health are concerned, the complaint must be so endorsed by the district health officer, the president of the sanitary division, the president of the municipal health district, the president of the municipal board of health, or the municipal president.'"
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, February 24, 1920.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Section Thirty-Nine of Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, Providing that Complaints for Infractions of Health Laws or Ordinances Must be Indorsed Proved by the Municipal President of the Local Health Officer, Act No. 2885, Feb 24, 1920 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section Thirty-Nine of Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, Providing that Complaints for Infractions of Health Laws or Ordinances Must be Indorsed Proved by the Municipal President of the Local Health Officer, Act No. 2885 (Phil. 1920)
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