MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Memorandum Circular No. 186, May 23, 1968 ]
DIRECTING STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ON THE BRANDING AND REGISTRATION OF CATTLE, ADOPTION OF MEASURES AGAINST CATTLE RUSTLING, AND REGULATING TRANSPORT OF THE SAME.
In order to accelerate agricultural production in our country, it is necessary to conserve our work animals. For this purpose, the President has issued Executive Order No. 25 dated May 13, 1966, prohibiting the slaughter of any carabao, male or female, which is 20 years old or below”. It is also important that these work animals should be branded, properly documented, and protected from thieves. Effective immediately, the following actions shall be taken by the government officials indicated:
1. Municipal Mayors and Municipal Treasurers shall enforce strictly the provisions of Chapter 22 of the Revised Administrative Code regarding the registration, (branding, conveyance and slaughter of cattle, particularly the provisions of Section 515 thereof requiring all large cattle which have attained the age of two years to be branded and registered.
2. Barrio Councils shall adopt necessary measures (like the establishment of community corrals, guarding, etc.) for the security of work animals in their barrios.
3. Municipal Mayors of Municipal Police, in coordination with the Barrio Councils, should establish and supervise a system of barrio patrols to discourage and apprehend cattle thieves and other undesirable elements within their jurisdiction.
4. The Provincial Commanders of the Constabulary, in coordination with the representative of the Bureau of Animal Industry, shall establish control points in places deemed necessary, to implement provisions of Section 531 of the Revised Administrative Code, to see to it that no cattle may be transferred or transported from one province to another except under the following conditions:
1. That the cattle to be transported is covered by a genuine certificate of ownership of large cattle and/or certificate of transfer of large cattle;
2. That the cattle is free from communicable diseases as certified to by the Provincial/City Veterinarian;
5. That the cattle being transported, if for slaughter purposes, is not covered by Executive Order No. 25 dated May 13, 1966, prohibiting the slaughter of carabaos which are 20 years old or below;
5. The certificate of ownership of large cattle and/or certificate of transfer of the cattle to be slaughtered will be surrendered to the City or Municipal Treasurer of the city or municipality where the said cattle is slaughtered.1âшphi1
6. Operators of all public conveyances should assure themselves that y cattle being transported by them from one province to another are covered by the above-mentioned documents (that is, certificate of ownership/transfer of large cattle and certificate by the Provincial or City Veterinarian).
7. This rescinds Memorandum Circular No. 48 dated June 6, 1966, subject: “DIRECTING STRICY COMPLIANCE WITH LAW ON THIS BRANDING AND REGISTRATION OF CATTLE, ADOPTION MEASURES AGAINST CATTLE HUSTLING, AND REGULATING TRANSPORT OF THE SAME”.
By authority of the President:
(SGD.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary
Manila, May 23, 1968
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