Empowering the Governor-General to Suspend Within the Moro Province Act No. 1780
Act No. 1808, enacted on February 11, 1908, grants the Governor-General of the Philippines the authority to suspend or restore the provisions of Act No. 1780, which regulates firearms, within the Moro Province. This act allows for flexibility in the enforcement of firearm regulations based on the Governor-General's discretion, aimed at addressing local conditions. The law was expedited for passage in the interest of public good and took effect immediately upon its enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1808
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 11, 1908
ACT NO. 1808
AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO SUSPEND WITHIN THE MORO PROVINCE ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE IMPORTATION, ACQUISITION, POSSESSION, USE, AND TRANSFER OF FIREARMS, AND TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF SAME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT"
SECTION 1. The Governor-General is hereby empowered to suspend, in his discretion, by proclamation or executive order, the application of all or any of the provisions of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and eighty, entitled "An Act to regulate the importation, acquisition, possession, use, and transfer of firearms, and to prohibit the possession of same except in compliance with the provisions of this Act", within the territory comprised in the Moro Province and, in his discretion, to restore said Act to force within said province.
SECTION 2. 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 in the enactment of laws" passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, February 11, 1908. ASEcHI
Cite This Law
Empowering the Governor-General to Suspend Within the Moro Province Act No. 1780, Act No. 1808, Feb 11, 1908 (Philippines)
Empowering the Governor-General to Suspend Within the Moro Province Act No. 1780, Act No. 1808 (Phil. 1908)
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