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ACT NO. 1910
ACT NO. 1910 - AN ACT AMENDING
SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-SIX, THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF ACT
NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, REFERRED TO AS "THE OPIUM
ACT," BY PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF ALL TAXES, FINES, AND ALL
OTHER MONEYS COLLECTED UNDER THIS ACT, INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLATION OF SECTIONS THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO, REPEALING SECTION
TWENTY-SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. Section twenty-two of Act Numbered Seventeen
hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act gradually to restrict and
regulate the sale and use of opium pending the ultimate prohibition of
the importation of opium into the Philippine Islands in whatever form
except for medicinal purposes as provided by the Act of Congress
approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, and prohibiting any
person from having the possession of opium, cocaine, or alpha or beta
eucaine in any of their several forms, or any derivative or preparation
of any of such drugs or substances, except for medicinal purposes, and
to repeal Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other
purposes," is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 22. Any person claiming such seized property shall file his claim thereto
as prescribed in the notice provided for in the preceding section, and
shall deposit with the Collector of Internal Revenue a bond executed to
the Government of the Philippine Islands in the sum of five hundred
pesos, duly approved by said Collector of Internal Revenue, and
conditioned that the claimant will pay all costs and expenses of
forfeiture and sale of the property in case forfeiture and sale thereof
are adjudged. On the filing of such a bond the Collector of Internal
Revenue shall proceed against such seized property in the same manner
as is prescribed by Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, as
amended, for the forfeiture and sale of property seized thereunder. If
no person claims such seized property, or if the claimant does not give
such a bond, such seized property shall be considered abandoned, and
shall be disposed of as any public property."
Sec. 2. Section twenty-six of said Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 26. Taxes, fines, and all other moneys collected by virtue of any of the
provisions of this Act, shall be covered into the Insular Treasury and
shall constitute a special fund to be devoted solely to the following
purposes:
"First. The
carrying out of the provisions of this Act and the provisions of
paragraph eight of section eleven of the Act of Congress approved March
third, nineteen hundred and five, entitled "An Act to revise and amend
the tariff laws of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes;
"Second. The payment of the reasonable expenses, in
some reputable hospital, of those desiring to be cared of the opium
habit;
"Third. The payment of salaries of Filipinos who have
been appointed Insular teachers;
"Fourth. The construction of schoolhouses and school
buildings in the various municipalities of the Islands: Provided, That
twenty-five per centum of all fines imposed by reason of violations of
this Act shall be paid to the person who furnished the original
evidence, properly substantiated, which led to the detection of the
offense and the imposition of the fine. The name of the informer shall
be specified in the judgment of the court when a conviction is had in
court: Provided, That in all cases in which no fine is imposed but
where the sentence is one for imprisonment or deportation, or when
compromise is effected as provided in section twenty-five hereof, there
shall be paid to the informer an amount approved by the Secretary of
Finance and Justice, not exceeding one thousand pesos in any one case.
The fund hereby provided is hereby appropriated for the purposes of
this section and shall be expended therefor on the approval of the
Governor-General."
Sec. 3. Section thirty-one of the said Act
Numbered Seventeen hundred and sixty-one, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"SECTION 31. Any unauthorized person owning, carrying, holding, having, controlling,
having possession of, or knowingly having on his premises, any opium,
cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, or any derivative or preparation of
such drugs or substances, on and after March first, nineteen hundred
and eight, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand
pesos, nor less than three hundred pesos, or by imprisonment for not
exceeding five years, nor less than three months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, However,
That in the case of the commission of a second offense under the
provisions of this section, any person so convicted, if other than a
citizen of the United States or a citizen of the Philippine Islands,
may, by order of the court, be deported."
Sec. 4. Section thirty-two of the said Act is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 32. On
and after March first, nineteen hundred and eight, it shall be unlawful
for any person in the Philippine Islands to inhale, smoke, chew,
swallow, inject, or otherwise use or permit to be used in or on his
body any opium, except for medicinal purposes, and then only upon
prescription of a duly licensed and practicing physician.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand pesos nor less than three
hundred pesos, or by imprisonment for not exceeding five years, nor
less than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court: Provided, However, That in the case of the
commission of a second offense under the provisions of this section,
any person so convicted, if other than a citizen of the United States
or a citizen of the Philippine Islands, may, by order of the court, be
deported.
Sec. 5. The amendments made by sections three and
four of this Act to sections thirty-one and thirty-two of Act Numbered
Seventeen hundred and sixty-one shall not affect offenses committed
prior to the passage of this Act, and as to such offenses said sections
as enacted by Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and sixty-one shall remain
in full force and effect.
Sec. 6. Section twenty-seven of the said Act
Numbered Seventeen hundred and sixty-one is hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
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