AN ACT REQUIRING DISTRICT HEALTH
OFFICERS OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES TO INSPECT THE SANITARY
CONDITION OF COASTWISE PASSENGER VESSELS CALLING AT PORTS IN THEIR
DISTRICT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. The
District Health Officers in the provinces, or their authorized
representatives, are hereby required to inspect and investigate the
sanitary condition of all coastwise passenger vessels calling at the
ports of their respective districts. The District Health Officers are
further required to submit a report, every fifteen days, to the Bureau
of Health which shall immediately furnish a copy thereof to the Bureau
of Customs for purposes of Republic Act Numbered Seventy.
Sec. 2. This
Act shall take effect upon its approval.