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RA 321 Section 87

The City Health Officer—His salary, powers and duties.

Section 87

SEC. 87. The City Health Officer—His salary, powers and duties.—There shall be in the City of Ozamiz a city health officer. He shall have a salary of not exceeding three thousand pesos per annum. The City Health Officer shall have the following general powers and duties: (a) He shall have general supervision over the health and sanitary conditions of the city. (b) He shall execute and enforce all laws, ordinances and regulations relating to the public health. (c) He shall recommend to the municipal board the passage of such ordinance as he may deem necessary for the preservation of the public health. (d) He shall cause to be prosecuted all violations of sanitary laws, ordinances, or regulations. (e) He shall make sanitary inspections and may be aided therein by such members of the police force of the city or the national police as shall be designated as a sanitary police by the chief of police or proper national police officer and such sanitary inspector as may be authorized by law. (f) He shall keep a civil register for the city and record there all births, marriages, and deaths with their respective dates. (g) He shall perform such other duties, not repugnant to law or ordinance, with reference to the health and sanitation of the city as the Director of Health shall direct.

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CitationRA 321 Section 87 (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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