[ Commonwealth Act No. 655, June 21, 1941 ]
AN ACT TO PERMIT THE SALE OF MEAT OF ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED IN THE NATIONAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN ANY PLACE, WITHOUT PAYING EXTRA FEES OR LEVIES OF ANY KIND.
Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Forty-one hundred and forty-two, as amended by Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and fifty-five, is further amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. Chartered cities, municipalities, and municipal districts are empowered to establish or authorized the establishment of slaughterhouse, to provide for their veterinary or sanitary inspection, to inspect and regulate the use of the same, and to charge reasonable slaughter fees.ℒαwρhi৷ 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 or where the animals were slaughtered. Meat of large cattle or other domestic animals slaughtered in the slaughterhouses operated by the National Government may be sold in any city, municipality, or municipal district without restrictions and without paying any extra fees or levies of any kind whatsoever, either directly or indirectly."
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, June 21, 1941
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