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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1310
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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1310 -
AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 449, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE
COCKFIGHTING LAW OF 1974"
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WHEREAS,
cockfighting has proven to be one of the major tourist attraction in
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WHEREAS, under existing law only one cockpit is allowed in each city or
municipality;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is a need to amend the law to allow the establishment of
additional cockpits to give impetus to our tourism program.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 1. Section (5)b of Presidential Decree No.
449 is hereby amended to read as follows:cralaw:red
"(b) Establishment of Cockpits. — Only one cockpit
shall be allowed in each city or municipality: Provided, however, That
in cities and municipalities with a population of more than one hundred
thousand, two cockpits may be established, maintained and operated in
the poblacion and one in each city or town district. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of
Manila, this 6th day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-eight.
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