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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 834
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 834 -
AMENDING Section 1762, REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AS AMENDED
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WHEREAS,
the country has embarked on a beef cattle program to increase the
cattle population for food consumption;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, for the program to be successful various breeds of cattle
should be brought in from abroad to improve present stock;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, circumstances may make it necessary to import cattle other
than for breeding purposes;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the present law is not only a constraint to the successful
implementation of the program but does not give flexibility to the
government to act in the public interest in times of scarcity of
slaughter cattle;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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 the following:cralaw:red
Section 1. Section 1762 of the Revised Administrative
Code, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
"Sec. 1762. Bringing of animals imported from foreign
countries into the Philippines. — It shall be unlawful for any person
or corporation to import, bring or introduce live cattle into the
Philippines from any foreign countries without the prior approval of
the Secretary of Agriculture, upon recommendation of the Director of
Animal Industry. Such imported cattle shall not exceed two thousand
heads per annum, which number may be increased upon certification by
the Director of Animal Industry to the head of the Department that
there is urgent need to import more; Provided, however, That the
Director of Animal Industry shall in all cases permit the importation,
bringing or introduction of draft cattle and bovine cattle for the
manufacture of serum: Provided further, That all live cattle from
foreign countries the importation, bringing or introduction of which
into the Philippines is authorized in this Act, shall be subject to
regulations issued by the Director of Animal Industry, with the
approval of the Head of the Department." chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. This Decree shall take effect
immediately. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Done in the City of Manila this
27th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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