Republic Act No. 1086 Prohibition Against the Killing of the Tamaraw

June 15, 1954

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1086

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RIGID ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROHIBITION AGAINST THE KILLING OF THE BUBALUS MINDORENSIS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS TAMARAW, BY AMENDING COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE KILLING, HUNTING, WOUNDING OR TAKING AWAY OF BUBALUS MINDORENSIS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS TAMARAW"

SECTION 1. Section two of Commonwealth Act Numbered Seventy-three is amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 2. Any person violating this Act shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment of not less than three nor more than six months or by a fine of not less than six hundred nor more than one thousand pesos, or by both such imprisonment and fine, in the discretion of the court."

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. cd

Approved: June 15, 1954

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 50, No. 7, p. 2978 in July 1954