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Act No. 2885 Section 1

Act No. 2885 Section 1

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section thirty-nine of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 39. Section fifty-one of General Orders, Numbered Fifty-eight, series of nineteen hundred, is hereby amended so ,as to read as follows: " 'SEC. 51. Complaint.—Except as otherwise provided by law, criminal proceedings in a justice of the peace court must be commenced by complaint under oath setting forth the offense charged, with such particulars as to time, place, person, and property as may be necessary to enable the defendant to understand the character of the offense charged, and to make answer thereto. Complaints for non-payment of the cedula tax and for infractions of municipal ordinances must be endorsed "approved" by the municipal president, but where infractions of laws or ordinances concerning the public health are concerned, the complaint must be so endorsed by the district health officer, the president of the sanitary division, the president of the municipal health district, the president of the municipal board of health, or the municipal president.' "

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CitationAct No. 2885 Section 1 (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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