An Act to Authorize the Insular Collector of Customs to Issue Regulations Prohibiting Useless and Unnecessary Noises on the Part of Water Craft in the Ports of the Philippine Islands
Act No. 2241, enacted on February 11, 1913, empowers the Insular Collector of Customs in the Philippines to establish regulations against unnecessary noises from watercraft in ports and certain river areas. These regulations can vary by port and must be approved by the Secretary of Finance and Justice to have legal force. Violations of these regulations, once published, can result in fines up to fifty pesos, imprisonment for up to twenty days, or both. The Act emphasizes maintaining peace and order in maritime environments.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 2241
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 11, 1913
ACT NO. 2241
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS TO ISSUE REGULATIONS PROHIBITING USELESS AND UNNECESSARY NOISES ON THE PART OF WATER CRAFT IN THE PORTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
SECTION 1. The Insular Collector of Customs is hereby authorized and empowered to issue, and from time to time, as may be necessary, to modify and change rules and regulations prohibiting useless and unnecessary explosions and noise of gasoline engines, whistling, the sounding of sirens and other noises, by ships, boats, vessels, and water craft of any and every kind in the ports of the Philippine Islands or in such parts of rivers as are included within such ports. Such rules and regulations, need not be uniform as to the ports, but may be different in different ports according as the Collector of Customs may deem proper.
SECTION 2. All rules and regulations issued under the preceding section, when approved by the Secretary of Finance and Justice shall have the force and effect of law, and any violation of the same, committed thirty days after such rules and regulations have been published by the Collector of Customs in the manner in which Customs administrative circulars are published, shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed fifty pesos or imprisonment not to exceed twenty days, or both.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, February 11, 1913.
Cite This Law
An Act to Authorize the Insular Collector of Customs to Issue Regulations Prohibiting Useless and Unnecessary Noises on the Part of Water Craft in the Ports of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 2241, Feb 11, 1913 (Philippines)
An Act to Authorize the Insular Collector of Customs to Issue Regulations Prohibiting Useless and Unnecessary Noises on the Part of Water Craft in the Ports of the Philippine Islands, Act No. 2241 (Phil. 1913)
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