Presidential Decree No. 834 (PD 834) — Amending Section 1762, Revised Administrative Code as Amended
WHEREAS, the country has embarked on a beef cattle program
to increase the cattle population for food consumption;
WHEREAS, for the program to be successful various breeds of
cattle should be brought in from abroad to improve present stock;
WHEREAS, circumstances may make it necessary to import
cattle other than for breeding purposes;
WHEREAS, the present law is not only a constraint to the
successful implementation of the program but does not give flexibility
to the government to act in the public interest in times of scarcity of
slaughtered cattle;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby order and decree the following:
SECTION 1. Section 1762 of the Revised Administrative Code,
as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1762. Bringing of animals imported from foreign
countries into the Philippines.—It shall be unlawful for any person or
corporation to import, bring or introduce live cattle into the
Philippines from any foreign countries without the prior approval of the
Secretary of Agriculture, upon recommendation of the Director of Animal
Industry. Such imported cattle shall not exceed two thousand heads per
annum, which number may be increased upon certification by the Director
of Animal Industry to the head of the Department that there is urgent
need to import more; Provided, however, That the Director of
Animal Industry 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
Philippines is authorized in this Act, shall be subject to regulations
issued by the Director of Animal Industry, with the approval of the Head
of the Department.
SEC. 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of November, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant
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