Republic Act No. 128 (RA 128) — An Act Requiring District Health Officers or Their Authorized Representatives to Inspect the Sanitary Condition of Coastwise Passenger Vessels Calling at Ports in Their District and for Other Purposes.
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SECTION 1. The District Health Officers in the provinces, or their authorized representatives, are hereby required to inspect and investigate the sanitary condition of all coastwise passenger vessels calling at the ports of their respective districts. The District Health Officers are further required to submit a report, every fifteen days, to the Bureau of Health which shall immediately furnish a copy thereof to the Bureau of Customs for purposes of Republic Act Numbered Seventy.
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. Approved, June 14, 1947.
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