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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1578 - AN
ACT CONSOLIDATING THE ACTIVITIES NOW CARRIED OUT UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, COMMONWEALTH ACT
NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN AND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED
NINETY-NINE, AND THE FEES COLLECTED THEREUNDER INTO ONE SPECIAL
REIMBURSABLE FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "PHILIPPINE LIVESTOCK PROMOTION
FUND", AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
Section 1. For
the purpose of conserving and developing the Philippine livestock
industry and promoting maximum efficiency and economy in the service
connected therewith, all the activities now carried out under Act
Numbered Two Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-eight, as amended,
Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred eighteen and Republic Act
Numbered Six hundred ninety-nine are hereby consolidated under this Act.cralaw
Sec. 2. The funds collected under the acts
mentioned in the preceding section shall likewise be consolidated into
a special reimbursable fund to be known as "Philippine Livestock
Promotion Fund" which shall be used for the following purposes: Sec. 3. The Director of Animal Industry, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is hereby authorized and empowered to make disbursements out of the fund herein created for salaries, wages, and traveling expenses of personnel; for the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, fences and other necessary structures; for the purchase of large cattle and other domestic animals, furnishing the same to the public on economical terms for improved breeding, agricultural work or for consumption; for the purchase of apparatuses, instruments, chemicals, supplies and materials, and other needed equipment; and for such other expenses as may be deemed necessary to carry out effectively and properly the purposes of this Act.cralaw
Sec. 4. In order to raise the necessary funds for
the activities herein provided, there shall be collected for animals
slaughtered in any public or private slaughterhouse and in private meat
packing establishments, including those in chartered cities,
pre-slaughter fees at the following rates: Sec. 5. The Director of Animal Industry may order the sale for agricultural, propagation, breeding or meat purposes, or the renting or loaning for breeding purposes, or the slaughter and sale in the form of meat, of the animals which may not be needed by the Bureau of Animal Industry, subject to the existing regulations and to such as may hereafter be promulgated by the Director of Animal Industry with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and all the proceeds to be derived therefrom as well as all other income from the operation of this Act shall accrue to "Philippine Livestock Promotion Fund" herein created and may be expended by the Director of Animal Industry, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, for the same purposes and in the same manner as provided in this Act.cralaw Sec. 6. Act Numbered Twenty-seven Hundred fifty-eight, as amended; and Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred eighteen, as amended; and all other acts or parts thereof in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. All the personnel, assets and liabilities pertaining to said Act Numbered Twenty-seven Hundred fifty-eight, as amended, and Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred eighteen, as amended, shall be transferred to and administered under this Act.cralaw
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw Approved: June 16, 1956 |