Prevention and Suppression of Asiatic Cholera
Act No. 1526, enacted on August 18, 1906, aims to prevent the spread of Asiatic cholera by prohibiting the use of human waste as fertilizer for food crops in the Philippines. It specifically forbids farmers and market gardeners from applying any human excreta or waste materials to land intended for human food production. Violations of this law can result in a fine ranging from fifty to two hundred pesos, imprisonment for up to six months, or both, at the court's discretion. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for public health and took effect immediately upon enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1526
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 18, 1906
ACT NO. 1526
AN ACT FOR THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF ASIATIC CHOLERA
SECTION 1. No farmer, market gardener, or other person or persons shall use any human excreta, excrement, dejecta, or the contents of any water or earth closet, privy, vault, cesspool, latrine, pail, or other receptacle for human feces or urine, as a fertilizer for any land on which is grown any article or produce intended for human food or dejecta to be sprinkled on or applied in any manner or for any purpose to any crop, product, or vegetation growing on said land.
SECTION 2. Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty pesos nor more than two hundred pesos, or by imprisonment for not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, for each offense.
SECTION 3. 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 by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, August 18, 1906.
Cite This Law
Prevention and Suppression of Asiatic Cholera, Act No. 1526, Aug 18, 1906 (Philippines)
Prevention and Suppression of Asiatic Cholera, Act No. 1526 (Phil. 1906)
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