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Act No. 637 Section 10

Section 10

SEC. 10. The branding as ordered shall be effected by the municipal treasurer, with the assistance of the secretary and in the presence of the president. The municipal treasurer shall keep a register, to consist of a bound hook containing the properly printed blank forms, which shall be obtained by him upon application to the provincial treasurer. The provincial treasurer shall obtain said registers from the central office of registration. Of the blank form contained in the register, part shall be detachable and after being properly filled out shall be delivered to the owner of a branded animal as a certificate, of which a record shall be kept on the corresponding stub. Both the certificate and stub shall be signed as follows: Each shall bear the signature of the municipal treasurer on the right-hand side, that of the president, together with his vise, on the left-hand side, that of the owner on a line farther down toward the center of the width of the paper, and, below this, that of the secretary. If the owner is unable to write, two witnesses shall sign for him at his request. Each certificate shall have affixed to it stamps to the value of twenty cents, in money of the United States, which shall be duly canceled with the seal of the proper municipality.

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CitationAct No. 637 Section 10 (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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