An Act Requiring District Health Officers or Their Authorized Representatives to Inspect the Sanitary Condition of Coastwise Passenger Vessels Calling at Ports in Their District and for Other Purposes
Year:
1947
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 14, 1947
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This Act mandates District Health Officers or their authorized representatives to inspect the sanitary conditions of coastwise passenger vessels that call at ports within their districts. It also requires these officers to submit bi-weekly reports to the Bureau of Health for further action.Full Text
REPUBLIC ACT No. 128
An Act Requiring District Health Officers or Their Authorized Representatives to Inspect the Sanitary Condition of Coastwise Passenger Vessels Calling at Ports in Their District and for Other Purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:
Section 1. The District Health Officers in the provinces, or their authorized representatives, are hereby required to inspect and investigate the sanitary condition of all coastwise passenger vessels calling at the ports of their respective districts. The District Health Officers are further required to submit a report, every fifteen days, to the Bureau of Health which shall immediately furnish a copy thereof to the Bureau of Customs for purposes of Republic Act Numbered Seventy.
Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 14, 1947.
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