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[ Act No. 3155, March 08, 1924 ]
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OF CATTLE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and, by the authority of the same:
SECTION 1. After March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, existing contracts for the importation of cattle into this country to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be strictly prohibited to import, bring or introduce into the Philippine Islands any cattle from foreign countries: Provided, However. That at any time after said date, the Governor-General, with the concurrence of the presiding officers of both Houses, .may raise such prohibition entirely or in part if the conditions of the country make this advisable or if disease among foreign cattle has ceased to be a menace to the agriculture and live stock of the Islands.
SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, March 8, 1924.
SECTION 1. After March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, existing contracts for the importation of cattle into this country to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be strictly prohibited to import, bring or introduce into the Philippine Islands any cattle from foreign countries: Provided, However. That at any time after said date, the Governor-General, with the concurrence of the presiding officers of both Houses, .may raise such prohibition entirely or in part if the conditions of the country make this advisable or if disease among foreign cattle has ceased to be a menace to the agriculture and live stock of the Islands.
SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, March 8, 1924.