[ Commonwealth Act No. 155, November 09, 1936 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO, SO AS TO GRANT CHARTERED CITIES, AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS, UNRESTRAINED POWER TO FIX REASONABLE SLANGHTER FEES TO BE CHARGED ON ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED IN PUBLIC SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Forty-one hundred and forty-two entitled, "An Act to empower chartered cities, municipalities, and municipal districts to establish or authorize the establishment of slaughterhouses, and for other purposes,” is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 1.ℒαwρhi৷ Chartered cities, municipalities, and municipal districts are hereby empowered to establish or authorize the establishment of slaughterhouses, to provide for their veterinary or sanitary inspection, to inspect and regulate the use of same, and to charge reasonable slaughter fees.
No fees shall be charged for veterinary or sanitary inspection of meat from large cattle or other domestic animals slaughtered outside the city, municipality or municipal district, when such inspection was had at the place where the animals were slaughtered."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Enacted, without Executive approval, November 9, 1936.
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