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CA 115 Section 3

CA 115 Section 3

Section 3

Sec. 3. Section seventy of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 70, License tax upon taking of fish in municipal waters—A municipal council shall grant the privilege of taking fish in its municipal waters with nets, traps, or other fishing tackle, with the exception of 'bangus' fry, known as 'kawag-kawag,' mentioned in sections sixty-seven and sixty-nine hereof, upon payment of a municipal license tax, to persons qualified according to section sixty-seven hereof, except those already licensed under article five of this Act: Provided, That no such license shall confer an exclusive right of fishery; that the imposition of this license tax upon this privilege shall be levied only once in any given year upon any fisherman; that the levy is to be made by the municipality wherein the fisherman is a resident; and that the possession and exhibition of the receipt evidencing payment of the license tax shall entitle the fisherman to fish in any municipal waters in the Philippines: Provided, however, That in case the fee in the municipality where the fisherman desires to fish is greater than the fee in the municipality where he obtained his license, the former municipality may collect from him the difference between the two fees."

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CitationCA 115 Section 3 (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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