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Act No. 2472 Section 14

Act No. 2472 Section 14

Section 14

SEC. 14. Whenever the presence of locusts shall be reported in a municipality, every able-bodied inhabitant in said municipality, from sixteen to sixty years of age, inclusive, shall be subject to service in the destruction of the pest. Upon receipt of due notification by the proper officer duly authorized by law as set forth in section twelve of this Act, it shall be the duty of all such inhabitants to render gratuitous service for two days each week, working nine hours each day, until the municipality shall be declared by the municipal president to be free from locusts: Provided, That, when in the opinion of the locust board the needs of the occasion in any municipality demand, such period of service may be extended to periods exceeding the prescribed two days per week.

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CitationAct No. 2472 Section 14 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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

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