Act No. 550 Section 2

Section 2

SEC. 2. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the provincial governor is further authorized, when he deems such a course necessary in the interest of law and order, to direct such Negritos to take up their habitation on sites on unoccupied public lands to be selected by hum and approved by the provincial board. Negritos who refuse to comply with such directions shall upon conviction be imprisoned for a period not exceeding sixty days.

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