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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 97BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 97 - AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE COMPULSORY IMMUNIZATION OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY AND
OTHER ANIMALS AGAINST DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Section 1. Title.
— This Act shall be known as "the Domestic Animal Disease Prevention
and Control Act of 1980."
Sec. 2. Objectives. — The objectives of this Act
are:
a. To protect the livestock and poultry population of
the Philippines against the ravages of dangerous communicable animal
and avian diseases;
b. To accelerate the development of the livestock and
poultry industry in the country;
c. To free the country from dangerous animal and
avian diseases in order that livestock, poultry and their products
exported from the Philippines are not discriminated in the foreign
trade; and
d. To stress emphasis on the conservation of farm
animals used for work and breeding by rural farmers.
Sec. 3. Animal vaccination made compulsory. — The
Minister of Agriculture shall make compulsory the vaccination of
susceptible animals and poultry should there be a threat or existence
of a highly communicable animal or avian disease in a certain locality.
Such susceptible species of animals shall be vaccinated as frequently
as deemed necessary by the Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Sec. 4. Owner's duty. — It shall be the duty of
every owner, custodian or caretaker to present the susceptible domestic
animal or poultry in his possession or custody for vaccination when
required by the Bureau of Animal Industry and to cooperate with the
agents in order to facilitate the vaccination of said animals.
Sec. 5. Rules and regulations. — The Director of
Animal Industry is empowered to promulgate rules, regulations and
guidelines subject to the approval of the Minister of Agriculture to
effectively implement the intent and spirit of this Act.
Sec. 6. Penalty clause. — Any person who violates
the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be punished by a
fine in an amount not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand
pesos or imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six
months or both at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 7. Repeal. — All laws, rules or orders or
parts thereof inconsistent herewith are repealed or modified
accordingly.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect
upon approval.
Approved: December 27,
1980.
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