Jurisdiction of Local, Municipal and City Governments Over Sauna and Massage Parlors, etc.
Letter of Instructions No. 813, issued on February 15, 1979, directs local, municipal, and city governments in the Philippines to take back jurisdiction over the licensing, regulation, and supervision of sauna and massage parlors, as well as cocktail lounges, bars, and beer gardens. This measure aims to allow the Ministry of Tourism to focus its limited resources on the oversight of internationally oriented tourism establishments. The directive is effective immediately, emphasizing the importance of local governance in managing these establishments.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 813
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 15, 1979
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 813
TO : The Minister of Local Government and Community Development
In order to allow the Ministry of Tourism with its limited manpower resources to devote better and closer attention to the licensing, regulation and supervision of internationally oriented tourism establishments, it is hereby directed that the local, municipal and city governments reassume jurisdiction over the licensing, regulation and supervision of all sauna and massage parlors, as well as cocktail lounges, bars and beer gardens within their respective jurisdiction.
This is to take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.
Cite This Law
Jurisdiction of Local, Municipal and City Governments Over Sauna and Massage Parlors, etc., Letter of Instructions No. 813, Feb 15, 1979 (Philippines)
Jurisdiction of Local, Municipal and City Governments Over Sauna and Massage Parlors, etc., Letter of Instructions No. 813 (Phil. 1979)
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