[ Act No. 3023, March 08, 1922 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE, POSSESSION, AND SALE OF DYNAMITE AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES WITHOUT A SPECIAL PERMIT, PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR, 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.  Sections  one  and two  of Act Numbered Twenty-two  hundred and fifty-five  are hereby  amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1.  The manufacture, distribution, storage,  use or possession of gunpowder,  dynamite, explosives, blasting supplies, or ingredients  thereof, except in accordance with the provisions hereof  and of  Act Numbered  Fourteen hundred  and  ninety-nine,  as amended, is hereby   declared illegal: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall  be  construed to prevent the manufacture, purchase, importation or possession of dynamite, explosives  or  their ingredients by the Army and  Navy of the  United States   Licenses: of America:  Provided, further, That  the Chief of Constabulary may, upon application, under such  rules and regulations as may be promulgated by him and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, issue licenses as follows:

"(a)  Dealer's license, authorizing the importation, purchase,  possession,  sale,  transfer,  and  general  business handling gunpowder, dynamite, explosives or  their ingredients.

"(b)  Manufacturer's license, authorizing the manufacture of gunpowder, dynamite, explosives, or their  ingredients, or the manufacture and sale of fireworks for use on fiesta days, etc.

"(c) Purchaser's license, authorizing the purchase  and possession of dynamite, explosives or their ingredients for use  in  mines,  quarries, road  construction,  wrecking  and for use in  any other legal  and lawful occupation.

"(d)  Foreman's  license,  authorizing  the  purchase  and possession  of dynamite, explosives,  or their ingredients by workmen in mines, quarries,  road  construction, wrecking or for use  in any other legal and lawful public or private works."

"SEC. 2.  Any person violating the provisions of the preceding section  shall be punished by a fine of not less than six  hundred  pesos nor more than two thousand pesos,  and by imprisonment for not  less than three months nor more than two years, in the discretion of the court."

SEC. 2. This  Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 8,  1922.