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.  Section seventeen hundred and sixty-two of Act Numbered Twenty-seven  hundred and  eleven,  known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read  as follows:

"SEC.  1762. Bringing of animals imported from foreign countries into the Philippine Islands.—It shall be unlawful for any person on corporation  to import, bring or introduce live cattle into the Philippine Islands from any foreign country.  The Director of Agriculture may, with the approval of the head of the department  first  had,  authorize the importation, bringing or introduction of various classes  of thoroughbred  cattle from  foreign countries for breeding the same to the native cattle of these  Islands, and such as may be  necessary for the improvement of the breed, not to exceed  five hundred head per annum: Provided, however, That the Director of Agriculture shall in all cases permit the importation, bringing or introduction of draft cattle and bovine cattle for  the manufacture  of serum: Provided, further, That all live  cattle  from foreign countries the importation, bringing  or introduction of which into the Islands  is authorized by  this Act, shall be submitted to regulations issued by the Director of Agriculture, with the approval of the  head of the  department, prior to authorizing its transfer to other  provinces.

"At the time of the approval of this Act, the Governor- General  shall  issue  regulations and  orders  to provide against a raising of the price of both fresh and refrigerated meat.   The  Governor-General also may, by executive order, suspend this prohibition for  a fixed  period in case local conditions require it."

SEC. 2. This Act shall  take effect six months after approval.

Approved, March 14, 1922.