[ Act No. 3548, November 22, 1929 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND PROVIDING FOR ITS GOVERNMENT."

Be it enacted of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and eighty-five, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 4. I he said society is authorized to appoint not to exceed ten agents in the City of Manila, and not to exceed one in each municipality of the Philippine Islands, who shall have all the power and authority of a police officer to make arrests for violations of the laws enacted for the prevention of cruelty to animals and the protection of animals, and to serve any process in connection with the execution of such laws; and in addition thereto, all the police force of the Philippine Islands, wherever organized, shall, as occasion requires, assist said society, its members or agents, in the enforcement of all such laws."

Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.1aшphi1

Approved, November 22, 1929.


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