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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 428 - AN
ACT TO DECLARE ILLEGAL THE POSSESSION, SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF FISH OR
OTHER AQUATIC ANIMALS STUPEFIED, DISABLED OR KILLED BY MEANS OF
DYNAMITE OR OTHER EXPLOSIVE OR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES
THEREFOR |
Section 1. It
shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to possess, sell or
distribute, in any place and manner, fish or other aquatic animals
stupefied, disabled or killed by means of dynamite or other explosive
or toxic substances.
Sec. 2. Any person violating the provision of
section one hereof shall be penalized as follows: Sec. 3. Any person who would buy fish or other
aquatic animals, knowing the same to have been stupefied, disabled or
killed in violation of this Act, shall be punished under section two
hereof, unless he denounces the act to competent authorities in which
case he shall be exempted from criminal liability. Sec. 4. Any policeman, peace officer, sanitary inspector, or employee of the Bureau of Health, or any person in authority who, having acquired knowledge of any violation of this Act, by denunciation or otherwise, should without just cause, fail to take the necessary steps leading to the investigation and prosecution of the offense, or should hinder or unnecessarily delay said investigation and prosecution, shall be removed or suspended from office and punished under section two hereof. Sec. 5. For the purposes of this Act the words "fish or other aquatic animals" shall be interpreted to include fish or aquatic animals that may have been dried, refrigerated, canned or otherwise processed. Sec. 6. The president of the sanitary division of the locality or the sanitary inspector or any representative of the Bureau of Health duly authorized therefor, immediately upon request of any interested party, shall examine the fish or other aquatic animals alleged to have been stupefied, disabled or killed in violation of this Act, and his report shall be submitted to competent court as expert opinion. Sec. 7. The Department of Health with the concurrence of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall issue instructions and regulations to implement the provisions of this Act, particularly the preceding section. Sec. 8. All laws inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval. Approved: June 7, 1950 |
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