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BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG. 58BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 58 - AN ACT
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, AS
AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE (RE:
PROHIBITING THE CATCHING, SELLING, OFFERING TO SELL, PURCHASING ANY OF
THE FISH SPECIES CALLED "GOBIIDAE" OR "IPON")
Section 1.
Section one of Republic Act Numbered Fifty-four hundred and
seventy-four, as amended by Republic Act Numbered Sixty-one hundred and
forty-five, is further amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. It
shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to catch
or cause to be caught, any of the fish specie called "gobiidae" or
"ipon" or to sell, offer to sell, purchase, or have in possession,
except for propagation, scientific or educational purposes, any of such
fish specie caught during such period or periods of the year as may be
declared as a close season by the Minister of Natural Resources, upon
the recommendation of the Director of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources,
jointly with the Provincial Governor or City Mayor, as the case may be,
and taking into account the spawning period and the need for
conservation and ecological balance."
Any declaration of the close season under the provisions of this Act
shall take effect only after sixty days from publication thereof in at
least two newspapers of general circulation in the place affected by
the declaration.
Sec. 2. The title of Republic Act No. 5474 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"AN ACT MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR
ANY PERSON, ASSOCIATION OR CORPORATION TO CATCH OR CAUSE TO BE CAUGHT,
SELL, OFFER TO SELL, PURCHASE, OR HAVE IN POSSESSION ANY OF THE FISH
SPECIE CALLED "GOBIIDAE" OR "IPON" DURING A CLOSE SEASON."
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: March 27,
1980.
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