Act No. 1723 Section 7

Section 7

SEC. 7. The superintendent of the Iwahig penal colony shall be ex officio justice of the peace, and shall, within the limits of the colony, have the jurisdiction and all powers conferred upon justices of the peace by the laws of the Philippine islands.

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