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Act No. 3314 — An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Seven Hundred and Fifty-One of the Administrative Code.

Act No. 3314 — An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Seven Hundred and Fifty-One of the Administrative Code.

Act No. 3314 · Act · Approved December 3, 1926 · 2 sections

Data as of July 4, 2026 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section twenty-seven hundred and fifty-one of the Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2751. Unlawful destruction of public forest.— It shall be unlawful for any person to make a caingin in a public forest or in any manner to destroy such forest or part thereof, or forest products growing therein, otherwise than upon lawful authority. It shall also be unlawful for any person negligently to permit a fire which has been set upon his own premises to be communicated, with destructive results, to any public forest. A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine equivalent to twice the regular Government charges upon the timber or other forest product so unlawfully destroyed, and subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court."

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, December 3, 1926.

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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