[ Act No. 3155, March 08, 1924 ]

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OF CATTLE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be  it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled  and, by the authority of the same:

SECTION 1.  After March thirty-first, nineteen  hundred and twenty-five, existing contracts for the importation of cattle into this country to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be  strictly prohibited  to import,  bring  or introduce into the  Philippine  Islands  any  cattle from foreign  countries: Provided, However. That at any time after said date, the Governor-General, with  the  concurrence of  the presiding officers of both Houses, .may  raise such  prohibition entirely  or in part  if the conditions of the country make this advisable or if disease among foreign cattle has ceased to be a  menace to  the  agriculture  and live  stock  of  the Islands.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 8, 1924.