An Act to Amend Section One of Republic Act Numbered Seventy
Year:
1948
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 9, 1948
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This Act amends Section One of Republic Act Numbered Seventy, establishing regulations for vessels of Philippine register engaged in coastwise trade. It mandates the presence of medical personnel on certain vessels based on their passenger capacity.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 233
An Act to Amend Section One of Republic Act Numbered Seventy
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Seventy is amended to read as follows:
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 9, 1948.
"Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any vessel of Philippine register, engaged in coastwise trade, with a carrying capacity of one hundred fifty or more passengers and regularly making voyages lasting more than twenty-four hours without touching port, to sail or attempt to sail from any port of the Philippines unless it has in its complement a physician, or a male nurse if carrying less than one hundred fifty passengers and none if carrying less than seventy-five passengers."
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