Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Section five hundred fifteen of the Administrative Code is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 515. General requirement as to branding and registration — How and before whom effected.-All large cattle which have attained the age of two years must be branded and registered, as provided in this chapter, and it shall be the duty of the owner or other person in possession of cattle not thus branded or registered to cause the same to be effected in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.

All such cattle found within the jurisdiction of any municipality shall be branded on the right forearm with the registered brand of the owner and counterbranded on the left forearm with the registered brand of the municipality in which they are found. The municipal and owner's brands shall not be more than two and one-half inches long and two inches wide in size.

The branding shall be done in the presence of the mayor, the municipal treasurer, and the municipal secretary, or their representatives, who shall, at the request of the owner, repair to the place where the cattle is, if there are more than ten heads to be branded; and in places not in an organized municipality, in the presence of at least three persons appointed for the purpose by the provincial governor.

Large cattle kept by the National Government need not be branded or registered. Cattle registered for immediate slaughter need not be branded or registered, but their importation and slaughter shall be subject to the regulations of the Director of Animal Industry relative to quarantine, inspection, and animal sanitation."

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

Approved, June 10, 1941.